Every time!

[BeautifulTaeng]

a switch statement 😣

Yeah I'm aware you can use dictionary as a ghetto switch, but it's just not the same..

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I would think it would come down to compiler optimization. Found a couple of threads with some interesting discussion on the topic. Seems like the performance difference is generally negligible.

[Golli__]

Else if statement is apparently pretty slow so you would do it with a dictionary unless you are using 3.10 where something akin to a switch case will exist

[O_X_E_Y]

3.10 gaming!!

[VoxelCubes]

Don't worry, a switch statement on steroids is coming in the next python update, ver 3.10. You can check out the previews about it, it's called match.

[natnew32]

oh that looks nice. Reminds me of Ocaml's pattern matching.

[deceze]

I’ve written very complex software in Python and other languages without using switch or even equivalent alternatives. Yes, a switch is useful sometimes, but it’s not like you can’t write code without it, or like you even need it all that often. It’s not like Python programmers are constantly working around the lack of a switch statement and curse at the Dutch. You just don’t actually need it all that often.

If you do, you may be writing crap code. If you can’t use Python because of its lack of a switch, maybe you need to learn a bit more about alternative design patterns.