On 15/03/2016 20:46, jj0gen0i...@gmail.com wrote:
Given that "Case Statements" are more compact and less redundant than a sequence of if-elif statements, and usually can contain embedded match lists: Is there any chance future versions of Python will adopt a case structure?Something like select x case in [1,2,3,5,7,9] print .... case in [4,6,8] print .... case else print .... Just a thought. JJ
Been suggested and rejected via https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3103/ and https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0275/. The "Rejection Notice" section of the former states "A quick poll during my keynote presentation at PyCon 2007 shows this proposal has no popular support. I therefore reject it.".
See also http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SwitchStatementsSmell -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
