Match statement with literal strings

[Greg Ewing]

On 8/06/23 10:18 am, Jason Friedman wrote:
> SyntaxError: name capture 'RANGE' makes remaining patterns unreachable

The bytecode compiler doesn't know that you intend RANGE
to be a constant -- it thinks it's a variable to bind a
value to.

To make this work you need to find a way to refer to the
value that isn't just a bare name. One way would be to
define your constants using an enum:

class Options(Enum):
    RANGE = "RANGE"
    MANDATORY = "MANDATORY"

match stuff:
    case Options.RANGE:
       ...
    case Options.MANDATORY:
       ...

-- 
Greg