Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.

With countless applications and a combination of approachability and power, Python is one of the most popular programming ...

What new programming language features would you like to see added to Python? Here are four possibilities — some likely, some not Python is a living language — under constant development to keep up ...