I wish python had case statements for this very problem. If the statement blocks can be defined by a common function signature, your example could use {'star

I wish python had case statements for this very problem. If the statement blocks can be defined by a common function signature, your example could use {'start': fn_start, 'stop': fn_stop, }.get( argv[1] if len(argv) > 1 else None, fn_undefined )(*args, **kwargs) I used this in a demonstration terminal nibbles/worms video game clone, https://github.com/jquast/blessed/blob/master/bin/worms.py#L76-L93 https://github.com/jquast/blessed/blob/master/bin/worms.py#L...