glad to see this! though it's a shame that the proposed `match/case` is a statement, not an expression:

> "We propose the match syntax to be a statement, not an expression. Although in many languages it is an expression, being a statement better suits the general logic of Python syntax."

no matching in lambdas unless those get overhauled too :(

instead, let's get excited for a whole bunch of this:

  match x
    case A:
      result = 'foo'
    case B:
      result = 'bar'

I wonder if this is intentional. FP constructs are increasingly discouraged in Python, taking reduce [1] as an example. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, per sé -- I think it does simplify the language. But it's an opinionated decision that will discourage FP enthusiasm from finding a home in Python.

[1] http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/587

the Syntax section has a bit more:

> "[...] making it an expression would be inconsistent with other syntactic choices in Python. All decision making logic is expressed almost exclusively in statements, so we decided to not deviate from this."

so it's just keeping in line with Python's general imperativess.

> FP constructs are increasingly discouraged in Python [...] Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, per sé

i, on the other hand, do think it's a bad thing :) but what can you do...

Hy[1] I guess? It looks pretty lively although I'm not sure how seriously people take it these days.

[1]: https://github.com/hylang/hy