Allow <> in match

[me2beats]

match x:
    <10
        print("less than 10")
    _:
        print("else")

[dalexeev]

Related:

• GDScript match should work for type matching #3733

I don't think this is a very useful feature. For more complex cases and for greater clarity, we still need to include the variable name:

match x:
    x < 0:
        print("Negative number")
    0 <= x <= 9:
        print("Digit")
    x >= 10:
        print("Multi-digit positive number")

Which is essentially the same as if-elif-else.

For numbers specifically, we could add a range pattern syntax, but I'm not sure if this will be used often:

match x:
    ..-1:
        print("Negative number")
    0..9:
        print("Digit")
    10..:
        print("Multi-digit positive number")

[dalexeev]

While it is not exactly what you suggested, pattern guards allow you to use arbitrary expressions in match branches:

match x:
    _ when x < 10
        print("less than 10")
    _:
        print("else")

match x:
    _ when x < 0:
        print("Negative number")
    _ when 0 <= x and x <= 9:
        print("Digit")
    _ when x >= 10:
        print("Multi-digit positive number")

[DarcTellier]

This would be useful. Just went down a rabbit hole that led me here.