"inspect" is weirdly apropos, because it hearkens back to Simula-67 (which used ...

int_19h on Jan 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: C++ Pattern Matching Proposal [pdf]

"inspect" is weirdly apropos, because it hearkens back to Simula-67 (which used it for what we'd call type switch today - so, a subset of pattern matching). The original C++ syntax borrowed a lot from Simula.