Daniel Nogradi wrote:
>> > What if I want to create a datastructure that can be used in dot >> > notation without having to create a class, i.e. because those >> > objects have no behavior at all? >> >> A class inheriting from dict and implementing __getattr__ and >> __setattr__ should do the trick... > > > It can do the trick but one has to be careful with attributes that are > used by dict such as update, keys, pop, etc. Actually it's noted in a > comment at > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/361668 why the > whole idea (attribute access of dictionaries) is a bad idea and I tend > to agree. Oh thank you. So all I have to do is have my object's class implement __setattr__ and __getattr__, or derive it from a class that does so? And I could save my "attributes" anywhere within my instance variables. So I could even add a dictionary whose name does not conflict with what python uses and whose key/value pairs hold the attributes I want to access with dot notation and delegate all the python attributes to their native positions? Oh I see, thats tricky. I still need to be aware of the builtin stuff one way or the other. Interesting. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
