> > class Registry: > > data = {} > > def __init__(self,environ): > self.data['env'] = environ > self.data['init'] = 'hede' > > def set_entry(self,key,data): > self.data[key] = data > > def get_entry(self,key): > return self.data[key] > > def debug(self): > > r = '<pre>' > r += repr(self.data) > r += '</pre>' > > return r >
Just thought of something else: set_entry and get_entry are probably (in your example) better written as: def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[key] def __setitem__(self, key, val): self.data[key] = val Assuming the syntax makes sense for the object. Then just use object[4] = 'adsfasfd' and object[4] syntax... Or as a getter/setter as per http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#property Or depending on the use case for your class, just inherit from the built-in dict and get its functionality. >>> class Test(dict): def debug(self, whatever): print whatever >>> x = Test() >>> x[3] ='adfadsf' >>> x[3] 'adfadsf' >>> x.debug('test') test hth Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list