brainfuck - Better way to implement interpreter in Python -

i attempting implement interpreter brainfuck , of now, using series of if/elif statements.

if(i == ">"):     ... elif(i == "<"):     ... elif(i == "+"):     ... elif(i == "-"):     ... 

however, seems clunky , un-pythonic me. there better (cleaner/faster/more aesthetically pleasing) way implement this?

i have quick implementation of brainfuck interpreter python in github repo. in nutshell, though, keep dictionary, keys brainfuck characters , values function (or method) objects, , dispatch on that. this:

instructions = {   '+': increment,   '-': decrement,   # other functions }  def run(tape):   ch = next_token(tape)   if ch in instructions:     instructions[ch]() 

(not actual implementation, quick illustration.)