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you can't do this consistently across all cases without compiler assistance (see https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-pattern-syntax.html or https://peps.python.org/pep-0636/#matching-builtin-classes linked below).

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perfect is enemy of good imo, dict destructuring is so valuable that I'm willing to bend some rules / add some rules to make it possible. can't we just copy whatever JS does?

If it's that valuable to you personally you can use that project to remove your "daily pain". No need to inflict the pain caused by such a thing being present in official Python. Some of us like for the language to remain highly readable.

> you can use that project

It’s not meant for production use. Quite clearly so: https://github.com/asottile/dict-unpacking-at-home#please-do...

> perfect is enemy of good imo

You can't land a language feature that only sometimes works - that's absolutely horrid UX.

> can't we just copy whatever JS does?

I wasn't aware that js does this and I don't know it's implemented. So maybe I should retract my claim about compiler assistance.

It's been one of the headline features keeping me happy in JS for 9+ years.

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