method pointer

Class Foo(threading.Thread):

  def __init__(self, ircbot, config):
    # ...
    self.handlers = {'comment-added':    self.comment_added,
                     'patchset-created': self.patchset_created,
                     'change-merged':    self.change_merged,
                     'ref-updated':      self.ref_updated}
    # ...
    
  def _read(self, event):
    ...
    self.handlers[event['type']](channel, event)