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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Doc/faq/design.rst
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Expand Up @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ In general, structured switch statements execute one block of code
when an expression has a particular value or set of values.
Since Python 3.10 one can easily match literal values, or constants
within a namespace, with a ``match ... case`` statement.
See `the specification <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-match-statement>`_ and `the tutorial <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#match-statements>`_ for details about
the :keyword:`match` statement.
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Please use :ref: directives and wrap to 79 characters.

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See `the specification <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-match-statement>`_ and `the tutorial <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#match-statements>`_ for details about
the :keyword:`match` statement.
See :ref:`the specification <match>` and :ref:`the tutorial <tut-match>`
for details about the :keyword:`match` statement.


An older alternative is a sequence of ``if... elif... elif... else``.

For cases where you need to choose from a very large number of possibilities,
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