[swift-evolution] Pattern matching with Arrays

[Mathew Sanders]

I've just joined the list (hi!) so not sure if this has been discussed in
the past.


Curious to hear if a future version of Swift might ever include some sort
of pattern-matching extended to Arrays. Maybe something like the following:


let numbers: [Int]



switch numbers {

case []:

    // to match an empty array



case [1, 2, 3]:

    // to match array with specific values



case [_, _, _]:

    // to match array with 3 Ints



case let [first, last]:

    // match a 2 element array and bind first and last elements



case let [first, next...]:

    // to match array with at least one element

    // bind first element, and bind other elements (could be empty)

    // first: Int, next: [Int]

}

I love the pattern matching on tuples, and would love to see if extend to
Arrays as well, but not sure if it fits with future goals for the language.
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