Newbie: Changing a string to a class attribute.

[Jacob H]

This is a very simple problem and I'm sure the answer is a no brainer.
However my brain can't see the answer. ;)

Given code like this:

def exec_method(object, method):
    # object is an instantiated object, e.g. log
    # method is a string that matches a method of object, e.g.
"update"
    # code stuff here that calls object.method, e.g. log.update()
    
What is the best way to turn method, a string, into a valid reference
to the actual class method? My first thought was eval(). But I can't
do this:

    eval("class.method()")

Eval will look for a method actually called method() and there isn't
one. What's a good solution for this? Heck, for all I know, Python
implicitly provides functionality to solve this problem. Can anyone
help? :)

Jake