A proposal under consideration by Python’s development team would finally bring pattern matching statements to the language.

Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.

Python is an extremely versatile programming language that has grown organically over time. That's the reason for its enduring appeal and also a curse on those who would seek to advance it. Equally ...