I like doing this, and find it fits reasonably well with a functional programming style: it is to `switch` what ternaries are to `if/then/else` (i.e. a nice way

I like doing this, and find it fits reasonably well with a functional programming style: it is to `switch` what ternaries are to `if/then/else` (i.e. a nice way to select values; not necessarily nice for executing statements).