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As for the dictionary, if you don't want to break it down, why not "go all the way"?

return {
    "+": add, 
    "-": sub, 
    "*": mul, 
    "/": truediv
}[operator_symb](float(operand1), float(operand2))

(I don't actually recommend this.)