The creators of the Python language are mulling a new proposal, PEP 622, that would finally bring a pattern matching statement syntax to Python.The new pattern matching statements would give ...

So, for example, the key "Father" could have a value of "Bob." Or, more relevantly, a key of "Hits" (or any word) could have a value of 55. In the latter case, the word is given the value of 55.

Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...