Example of a pythonesque case using a hash with lambdas for values

pythonesque_case.rb

def parse_options(opts)
  parsed = {}
  opts.each do |option|
    parsed.merge! option_handlers[option].call option
  end
  parsed
end

def option_handlers
  {
    'option1' => ->(key) { { key => 'option1 result' } }
  }
end

puts parse_options(['option1']).inspect