我最喜欢的是一个非常好的recipe。这是我见过的最接近实际 switch case 语句的语句，尤其是在特性方面。
class switch(object):
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
self.fall = False
def __iter__(self):
"""Return the match method once, then stop"""
yield self.match
raise StopIteration
def match(self, *args):
"""Indicate whether or not to enter a case suite"""
if self.fall or not args:
return True
elif self.value in args: # changed for v1.5, see below
self.fall = True
return True
else:
return False
这是一个例子：
# The following example is pretty much the exact use-case of a dictionary,
# but is included for its simplicity. Note that you can include statements
# in each suite.
v = 'ten'
for case in switch(v):
if case('one'):
print 1
break
if case('two'):
print 2
break
if case('ten'):
print 10
break
if case('eleven'):
print 11
break
if case(): # default, could also just omit condition or 'if True'
print "something else!"
# No need to break here, it'll stop anyway
# break is used here to look as much like the real thing as possible, but
# elif is generally just as good and more concise.
# Empty suites are considered syntax errors, so intentional fall-throughs
# should contain 'pass'
c = 'z'
for case in switch(c):
if case('a'): pass # only necessary if the rest of the suite is empty
if case('b'): pass
# ...
if case('y'): pass
if case('z'):
print "c is lowercase!"
break
if case('A'): pass
# ...
if case('Z'):
print "c is uppercase!"
break
if case(): # default
print "I dunno what c was!"
# As suggested by Pierre Quentel, you can even expand upon the
# functionality of the classic 'case' statement by matching multiple
# cases in a single shot. This greatly benefits operations such as the
# uppercase/lowercase example above:
import string
c = 'A'
for case in switch(c):
if case(*string.lowercase): # note the * for unpacking as arguments
print "c is lowercase!"
break
if case(*string.uppercase):
print "c is uppercase!"
break
if case('!', '?', '.'): # normal argument passing style also applies
print "c is a sentence terminator!"
break
if case(): # default
print "I dunno what c was!"
一些 cmets 表示使用 with foo as case 而不是 for case in foo 的上下文管理器解决方案可能更干净，对于大型 switch 语句，线性而不是二次行为可能是一个不错的选择。这个带有 for 循环的答案的部分价值是能够有突破和失败，如果我们愿意稍微使用我们选择的关键字，我们也可以在上下文管理器中得到它：
class Switch:
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
self._entered = False
self._broken = False
self._prev = None
def __enter__(self):
return self
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
return False # Allows a traceback to occur
def __call__(self, *values):
if self._broken:
return False
if not self._entered:
if values and self.value not in values:
return False
self._entered, self._prev = True, values
return True
if self._prev is None:
self._prev = values
return True
if self._prev != values:
self._broken = True
return False
if self._prev == values:
self._prev = None
return False
@property
def default(self):
return self()
这是一个例子：
# Prints 'bar' then 'baz'.
with Switch(2) as case:
while case(0):
print('foo')
while case(1, 2, 3):
print('bar')
while case(4, 5):
print('baz')
break
while case.default:
print('default')
break