And it's better style because it better conveys intent. An if-else chain in C/C++ implies there's something important about the ordering of cases. Though I'd sa

And it's better style because it better conveys intent. An if-else chain in C/C++ implies there's something important about the ordering of cases. Though I'd say that for a very small number of cases it's fine. (Also, Python has a switch-like construct now.)