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How is it a misuse of the term "pattern matching" ?


Generically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_matching

And as for a language / call semantic look at Erlang for what actual pattern matching looks like.


That doesn't contradict the use of pattern matching in OCaml.


Both the OA and myself are talking about Python.




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