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Remove misleading example - #59

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While the example is interesting in that it shows an example of advanced pattern matching, it is problematic in that the pattern used is not of a valid type for the rest of the code.

As it is not really relevant to the issue at hand, and given that it's a relatively advanced example not likely to be relevant to someone first learning the language, I suggest simply removing it. A separate section on advanced pattern matching could potentially cover it.

Fixes #34

While the example is interesting in that it shows an example of advanced pattern matching, it is problematic in that the pattern used is not of a valid type for the rest of the code.

As it is not really relevant to the issue at hand, and given that it's a relatively advanced example not likely to be relevant to someone first learning the language, I suggest simply removing it. A separate section on advanced pattern matching could potentially cover it.

Fixes scala-exercises#34
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AdrianRaFo commented May 2, 2019

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I suggest to change it to:

// A list that starts with `2`	
     case 2 :: xs => …

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