Factory pattern implementation in Python

[bearophileHUGS at lycos.com]

Dennis Lee Bieber:
> Presuming the <event x> is a type code I'd just set up a list of functions:
> 	Then create a dictionary of them, keyed by the <event x> code
> processors = { "1" : process_1,
> 		        "2" : process_2,
> 			....
> 			"x" : process_x }

Just a dict of functions was my solution too, I think avoiding more
complex solutions is positive.

Bye,
bearophile