control structures (was "Re: Sins")

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> This is a common thing, does this express the idea ?
    [ ... out-of-line example snipped ... ]

    skaller> Yes, that provides the required functionality, but has a
    skaller> serious problem: cases have to be defined 'out of line', and
    skaller> therefore do not have access to the current scope.

    skaller> So I'm looking for a syntax for providing the above
    skaller> functionality _inline_.

While not strictly inline, why not define your actions as methods of a
common class, then share the state they need access to as instance
attributes?

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