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		moffkalast on Oct 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unravelling 'if' statements Tbf python isn't exactly a language that's high in sugar to start with, it doesn't even have switch statements. Not sure why you'd want to take away even more until there's nothing usable left. People have the weirdest hobbies hah

milliams on Oct 31, 2022 [–]

No, but it has the `match` statement which is even better: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#pep-634-structu...

moffkalast on Oct 31, 2022 | [–]

I wouldn't exactly call something only available in 3.10 as something python "has". Most of us haven't moved past like 3.8 at best, some still using 2.7 for legacy stuff even.

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