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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:42:24 -0400
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On 03/10/2013 10:16 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> I have a switch statement  composed using a dict:
 >
 >
 > switch = {
 > 'a': func_a,
 > 'b': func_b,
 > 'c': func_c
 > }
 > switch.get(var, default)()
 >
 >
 > As a result of multiple functions per choice, it migrated to:
 >
 >
 >
 > switch = {
 > 'a': (func_a1, func_a2),
 > 'b': (func_b1, func_b2),
 > 'c': (func_c, )
 > }
 >
 >
 >
 > for f in switch.get(var, (default, )):
 > f()
 >
 >
 > As a result of only some of the functions now requiring unique 
arguments, I presume this
 > needs to be migrated to a if/else statement? Is there a way to 
maintain the switch style with
 > the ability in this scenario to cleanly pass args only to some functions?
 >
 >
 > Thanks,
 > jlc

You can have two dictionaries; you can also add a flag:
     'a': (WITHARG, funca1, funca2)

  -m


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