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You're probably right about the second choice being better if possible. I could probably use that in some cases where I've run across this. Also, It occurred to me that you could collapse the third option into a single pattern match by wildcarding one of the values after the correct match.

MI3Guy
– MI3Guy

2015-04-09 22:49:16 +00:00
Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 22:49
The missing type is absolutely the best answer, @MI3Guy. It offers the simplest, clearest, safest code.

itsbruce
– itsbruce

2015-04-13 10:08:56 +00:00
Commented Apr 13, 2015 at 10:08

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