I didn't make a very strong case for it. Overall, my experience has been that calling the side-effecting function in the case statement directly tends to be eas

I didn't make a very strong case for it. Overall, my experience has been that calling the side-effecting function in the case statement directly tends to be easier to maintain and easier to read. But, I think piping into case can work well in certain situations. Its not one of the points that I feel that strongly about.