[Tutor] switch statements

[Karthikesh Raju]

Hi All,

We were implementing a switch satetement like

testfile.py
dec = 1
perf = { \
	1:bigfile.func1(), \
	2:bigfile.fun2()}[dec]

now bigfile.py has

def func1():
   print "In func1"
   return 5

def func2():
   print "In func2"
   return 42

Now when we run the testfile.py we get:

In func1
In func2

which implies that the switch does not actually switch, as it goes through
both the functions and retains the one that we asked for. Am I missing
something here, why should it step into every function.

With warm regards
karthik




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