You can also do:

switch self {
   case .Int: return "int"
   case .Fun(.Fun(let p), let r): return "(\(p)) -> \(r)"
   case .Fun(let p, let r): return "(\(p) -> \(r))"
}


> On Apr 23, 2017, at 6:55 AM, Ionuț G. Stan via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm unsure if this is the appropriate venue to discuss this, so apologies if 
> it's not.
> 
> I was wondering if the issue of supporting as-patterns in switch statements 
> has been brought up before or not, and what was the outcome of that.
> 
> By as-patterns I mean the ability to bind sub-patterns to identifiers. See 
> this question of mine on StackOverflow for an example: 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43566117/haskell-like-as-patterns-in-swift/43567041#43567041
> 
> Maybe an equal sign could be used to denote that, so my example above would 
> become:
> 
>    switch self {
>    case .Int: return "int"
>    case .Fun(let p = .Fun, let r): return "(\(p)) -> \(r)"
>    case .Fun(let p, let r): return "(\(p) -> \(r))"
>    }
> 
> Note the `let p = .Fun` part.
> 
> Alternatively, enhancing the `where` clause of a `case` to support the same 
> features as an `if case` expression, would be an acceptable choice, too?
> 
>    case .Fun(let p, let r) where case .Fun = p:
>        return "(\(p)) -> \(r)"
> 
> Thanks for reading.
> 
> -- 
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