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Comment by coldtea | Hacker News Reader

Couldn't they have used "case" and "capture" clauses instead?

  match status:
     case not_found:
         return "Not found"
     capture success_code:
         return "Returned success code: %s" % success_code

or the "_ as x" or a myriad other ways to make capture explicit...

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A separate statement doesn't compose with complex patterns. I'd prefer always requiring the walrus operator to capture:

    match response:
      case (not_found, msg := _):
        return f"Not found: {msg}"
      case (error, "No swizzle available"):
        return "We lack swizzle. :-("
      case pair := (_, "Swizzle"):
        log(f"Unexpected swizzle: {pair}")
        return f"Swizzle?"
      case ((code := _), _):
        return f"Success: {code}"

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