Re: [RFC] Pattern Matching

On 2026-01-26 23:53, Bruce Weirdan wrote:

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:48 AM Morgan <weedpacket@varteg.nz <mailto:weedpacket@varteg.nz>> wrote:

    On 2026-01-26 07:44, Larry Garfield wrote:

With per-arm, you can opt-in to pattern matching individually, at

    the cost of having to remember to repeat the keyword on every line.     With per-block, you only have to add the keyword once at the cost of
    not being able to selectively use patterns or identity matching.

Which tradeoff is better is the option question.  (Ilija and I

    disagree on which to go with.)  Or, if someone can suggest a way to
    allow automatic detection reliably, that would also be most welcome. :-)

    If it had to be one or the other [...]

Does it have to be one of the other though? Can't we have both?

...so the real question is if "match($foo) is {..." should be added as a shorthand for when all matching is on patterns.