@Jeehut I like to use it for switch statements in particular. With if statements one could use a ternary operator but I think variable assignment with a switch statement works very nicely.

I do like the conciseness of your proposed “do let…” syntax but I’m also empathetic to those who want to keep the surface area of the language in check.

For me personally, “do let… catch” seems analogous enough to “guard let… else” that it feels fairly intuitive already.

@Jeehut I think you can assign a “do…catch {}” expression to a variable just like you can an if or switch statement. That also reduces lines of code and avoids having to set uninitialized variables.

Maybe slightly more verbose than your method but probably more versatile.