anonymous unbound functions in python

def add(a, b):
    #some code

def subtract(a, b):
    #some code

operations = [add, subtract]
operations[0]( 5,3)
operations[1](5,3)

def the_simple_way(a, b):
    # blah blah

def the_complicated_way(a, b):
    # blah blah

def foo(way):
    if way == 'complicated':
        doit = the_complicated_way
    else:
        doit = the_simple_way

    doit(a, b)

def do_add(a, b):
    return a+b

def do_sub(a, b):
    return a-b

handlers = {
    'add': do_add,
    'sub': do_sub,
}

print handlers[op](a, b)

o = MyObject()
f = o.method
f(1, 2) # same as o.method(1, 2)