Effect cases in switch

[Stephen Colebourne]

>From my perspective:

Semantics: Good
Syntax: Good (`case throws` is good, `catch` is not)
Surprise level: Medium to Low

Key is that the syntax can be read and implicitly understood without
developers requiring training.

Stephen


On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 21:23, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Based on some inspiration from OCaml, and given that the significant upgrades to switch so far position it to do a lot more than it could before, we've been exploring a further refinement of switch to incorporate failure handling as well.
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> (I realize that this may elicit strong reactions from some, but please give it some careful thought before giving voice to those reactions.)