effekt-lang / effekt-lang/effekt
Add non-nestable OR patterns without bindings
- Dominant language
- Scala
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Description
Support non-nestable OR patterns without bindings such as:
```scala
str match {
"YES" or "NO" => ...
_ => ...
}
car match {
case Car("Mercedes-Benz", _) or Car("smart", _) => ...
_ =>
}
people match {
case Cons("Joe", Nil()) or Cons("Jolene", Nil()) => ...
...
}
```
only on the top-level (no nesting -- much like `and`) and for patterns **without** bindings (those should be rejected).
This way, we get the 80% of use cases with 20% of the work of implementing actual nested OR patterns with bindings.
Then this change should be somewhat simple to add, just duplicating the branches.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the compiler's pattern-matching implementation and the existing handling for top-level `and` patterns. Done means supporting the shown non-nestable OR patterns without bindings while rejecting OR patterns with bindings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100