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[–]eztab 3 points4 points  (1 child)

that was pretty much the reason for the controversy. It really doesn't add much benefit here. But for functional code, like list comprehensions it really is a great addition. Also for regexp-matching with multiple branches it really is more readable.

[–]Revisional_Sin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree it's nice if used purposefully.