You may be looking for dictionary dispatching. You can translate the key into a callable.
def do_ping(self, arg):
return 'Ping, {0}!'.format(arg)
def do_pong(self, arg):
return 'Pong, {0}!'.format(arg)
dispatch = {
'ping': do_ping,
'pong': do_pong
}
and then at some point do
dispatch[command](arg)
It is useful to know that tuples make perfectly good dictionary keys,
in case you need to store more state somewhere.
Laura
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