[kazinator]

> Python’s way might even be better

Python recently got a form of structural pattern matching.

Can that be removed from Python, and then reimplemented only in Python? I mean other than by writing a .py file to .py file text filter?

Can it be backported to a prior version of Python?

Python's release history is full of "can't use this syntax if you're not on at least x.y.z version"; it continuously proves that it has it doesn't have metaprogramming on a level that could be used to develop the language. When the purveyors of Python decide to add some new syntax and semantics, they eschew Python metaprogramming and dive straight into C.