executing a function/method from a variable

[Terry Reedy]

Yves wrote:
> What is the best way to execute a function which name is stored in a 
> variable ?

One standard way is a dict mapping names to function objects.

 >>> numfuncs = {'int':int, 'float':float}
 >>> f='int'
 >>> numfuncs[f]('33')
33

Since attributes gets mapped to a dict, this is similar to previous answer.

tjr