sketch idea for implementing case/switch with Python decorators

switch_idea.py

case_dict = {}

def case(key=None):
	def case_builder(func):
		case_dict[key] = func
		return func
	return case_builder

def switch(value):
	return case_dict[value]

def example_switch(value):
	@case('something')
	def something_func():
		print 'this is something'
	
	@case('something else')
	def something_func():
		print 'this is something else'
	
	switch(value)()