in reply to Function name in a variable, can't recall the concept

"I made the 'mistake'..."

It looks you did your pythonistic inquisitor a favor - with the result of yet another jesuitic debate here on PM 😎

"I'm a simple man" B.B. King (1925-2015)

May i ask what the hell is wrong with your dispatch table solution?

Best regards, Karl

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