On Mar 3, 7:54 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > Besides missing the warning in the __init__, this also has pretty weird > behavior whenever subject to a .pop, .update, .setdefault, del of either > item or attr, etc, etc: the attributes and items "get out of sync" (and, > catching each and every mutating-method to keep the separate dicts of > items and attrs in perfect sync is somewhat of a nightmare).
Good points. There are many complexities involved, and little actual gain. Saving three or four chars isn't worth all the trouble. I hadn't fully thought-out the situation. Regards, Jordan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list