simplifying a stack of elifs

[Skaperen]

i can't use "self" because that might collide with other threads so i think each thread needs its own class or dictionary to keep variables in.

does CPython do locks between threads to access dictionaries? i haven't seen anything to suggest that it does. since Queues are described as having such locks, i suspect nothing else does unless it says it does, so i think i need to keep things separated between threads.

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what about defining these action functions inside the function that needs to call them and have it call like this:

    def _agent():
        ...
        def x_foo():
            ... # code to run when request "foo" arrives
        def x_bar():
            ... # code to run when request "bar" arrives

        msg = q.get()
        req = 'x_'+msg[0]
        if req in locals():
            locals()[req]() # call the function to handle this request