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Not sure what you mean, but the accepted PEP does appear to be a statement. What was the alternative?

• the_duke 6y ago
  In many languages match is an expression, so you can do things like `x = match y { ... }`, which is a very common use case. I don't write much Python these days, but it being a statement rather than an expression is disappointing It forces you to use a separate "output" variable or `return`.
• klyrs 6y ago
  I presume that the alternative to a statement is an expression. For example, the ternary operator x = (a if c else b) is an expression, where the conditional equivalent if c: x = a else: x = b is a statement.