TerryP wrote:
Somehow I doubt that "Look up X in dictionary D" could ever be more efficient (in terms of space and time, at least) then "Check if X is equal to Y". It's not about what you get in runtime but what you get in monkey time. Most expressions that would make someone reach for a C-like switch() statement can be expressed with dictionaries or attributes instead. Here is a dorks approach to calling a specific function with arguments based on a command:
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Here is more of a look up table approach:
<...> Neat -- thanks for sharing this TerryP Esmail -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
