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mark florisson wrote:
> On 4 February 2012 20:53, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:12 PM, paomo wrote:
>>>> cdef f1():
>>>>  ...
>>>> cdef f2():
>>>>  ...
>>>> my_functions = {'case_1' : f1,
>>>>                'case_2' : f2}   # this won't compile
>>>> my_functions['case_1']()
>>>
>>> Either use standard python "def" functions rather than cdef functions,
>>> or index into an array of function pointers with enums.
>>
>> Apologies for my ignorance, but could you show an example of an array of
>> funtion pointers and their use with enums?
> 
> If you don't know what it means, you probably don't want it :) Is
> there any reason you're not using def functions?

At this point I am still gathering knowledge.  I hope to write a Cython 
version of my dbf module at some point.

~Ethan~