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Correction, smart-matching is the one with the broken design. I think given/when's only problem is that they sometimes use smart-matching. But without smart-matching, there's not much point to given/when. For example, the OP would avoid given/when by making nothing but the following changes:

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Re^4: Efficient way to verify scalar contents (updated x3)
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 23, 2020 at 19:29 UTC
    'given' has a return value, 'for' doesnt
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