The case for no case

[John Rose]

On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:17 AM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
> 
> One simple solution is to use different keyword for different kind of patterns,
> by example, "case" for a constant pattern, "instanceof" for the type pattern, "default" the default pattern, etc

That strikes me as making the job of mechanical parsing easier, and the job of *reading* harder.
You’d replace a uniform left column of case/case/case with a heterogeneous mix of keywords.
And most of the time you wouldn’t care which is which.

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