Alternatives to switch statement from other languages

Remarks

There is NO switch statement in python as a language design choice. There has been a PEP (PEP-3103) covering the topic that has been rejected.

You can find many list of recipes on how to do your own switch statements in python, and here I’m trying to suggest the most sensible options. Here are a few places to check:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60208/replacements-for-switch-statement-in-python
• http://code.activestate.com/recipes/269708-some-python-style-switches/
• http://code.activestate.com/recipes/410692-readable-switch-construction-without-lambdas-or-di/
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