Switch emulation is too verbose compared to other languages

[mikhail-putilov]

Hi

I have been using Pkl for generating HCL in my project. I think Pkl does its job quite well, thanks!
However, I found myself writing the following snippet in order to emulate basic switch from Java:

const local function quoteIfNeeded(s: Any) = new Mapping<Class, String> {
  [String] = "\"" + s.toString().replaceAll("\"", "\\\"") + "\""
  [Boolean] = s.toString()
  [Code] = s.toString()
}.getOrDefault(s.getClass())

I find it too complicated and unusual for the others to understand. I think basic Java switch expression does the job much better than Pkl in this example. Especially considering that Pkl supports algebraic sum types, and it is cumbersome to write code that consumes the sum types (example is above).

Do you think this is something Pkl considers in its roadmap?

[mikhail-putilov]

Ah, I figured out that I can compose if else :-)

const local function quoteIfNeeded(s: Any) =
  if (s is String) "\"" + s.toString().replaceAll("\"", "\\\"") + "\""
  else if (s is Boolean) s.toString()
  else if (s is Code) s.toString()
  else throw ("Not supported")