Klaus Neuner <klausneune...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > handlers = {
> > ".txt" : handle_txt,
> > ".py" : handle_py,
> > # etc
> > }
> >
>
> That is exactly what I would like to avoid: Having to map the function
> 'handle_txt' to '.txt'. Firstly, because I don't want to repeat
> anything and secondly, because I will one day add a new function and
> forget to add its name to the dictionary.
Use dictionary mantained by runtime:
def handle(extensions):
funname = "handle_" + extension
return globals()[funname]
handle('txt') # => function handle_txt
w.
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