In C and C++, it’s the switch/case construction; in Rust, it’s called “pattern matching.” The traditional ways to do this in Python aren’t elegant. One is to write an if/elif/else chain ...

The Python star pattern challenge is a popular task often assigned to new programming students. To complete the challenge, developers must demonstrate competency with variables, ranges and nested ...

The creators of the Python language are mulling a new proposal, PEP 622, that would finally bring a pattern matching statement syntax to Python. The new pattern matching statements would give ...

Bucher helped create structural pattern matching. Microsoft seems cautious to avoid the perception it has an agenda for Python, and is perhaps aware of skepticism among developers due to its ...