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Scala 3 Pattern Matching on Unions
type Primitive = Boolean | Int | Float | Double | Long | String
val x: Int = 1
// x: Int = 1
val y: String = "i"
// y: String = i
val z: Double = 1.0
// z: Double = 1.0
def primitiveMatch(x: Primitive) =
x match
case b: Boolean => println("Boolean")
case b: (Int | Float | Double | Long) => println("Numeric")
case b: String => println("String")
primitiveMatch(x)
// Numeric
primitiveMatch(y)
// String
primitiveMatch(z)
// Numeric
case class A()
case class B(val x: Int)
case class C()
val a: A = A()
// a: A = A()
val bOrC: (B | C) = B(2)
// bOrC: B | C = B(2)
def classMatch(x: (A | B | C)) =
x match
case a: A => println("A")
case B(_) | C() => println("B or C")
classMatch(a)
// A
classMatch(bOrC)
// B or C
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