On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:59 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > When I have coded state machines for C or Java, I have noticed that > nothing beats enums and switch statements performance-wise, and > expressively, they're not that bad, either. Python doesn't have a switch > statement, so the natural thing is to ride on method dispatching > (whether via inner or outer classes). However, I must say the exception > "idiom" someone mentioned on this forum way back has its lure: > > try: raise self.state > except IDLE: > #... > except SPF_HELO: > #...
I take exception to that idiom. :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
