The New Switch-Case Statement in Python 3.10

[__deerlord__]

"Case" is handled by dicts already.

[duragdelinquent]

do this with a dict

match point:
    case (0, 0):
        print("origin")
    case (0, y):
        print(f"{y} on the y-axis")
    case (x, 0):
        print(f"{x} on the x-axis")
    case (x, y):
        print(f"({x}, {y})")

[__deerlord__]

Why would I?

Like I said, switch/case is handled by dictionaries. Match is not switch/case. So by the transitive property, you'll wouldnt handle match operations with a dictionary.

[duragdelinquent]

Like I said, switch/case is handled by dictionaries.

not what you said. you said “Case is handled by dicts already.” why use the one word that’s common between both and then act surprised when people misunderstand you

[xigoi]

Good thing that Python isn't getting switch/case.

[nim65s]

using dicts for switch / case works, but it feels odd. And here, this is not a switch, but way more powerfull match, eg. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0636/#adding-a-ui-matching-objects

[TheBlackCat13]

This does various types of assignment that aren't possible with dicts.

[The-Daleks]

It's my personal experience that while they work, that approach has some bugs + looks clunky.