Wes Santee wrote: > I am very new to Python, and trying to figure out how to create an > object that has values that are accessible either by attribute name, > or by index. For example, the way os.stat() returns a stat_result or > pwd.getpwnam() returns a struct_passwd. > > In trying to figure it out, I've only come across C implementations of > the above types. Nothing specifically in Python. What is the Python > native way to create this kind of object? > > I apologize if this has been widely covered already. In searching for > an answer, I must be missing some fundamental concept that is > excluding me from finding an answer.
You can't use the same implementation as the result object of os.stat() and others. However Python 2.6 has a new factory that creates a similar datatype called named tuple: http://docs.python.org/library/collections.html#namedtuple-factory-function-for-tuples-with-named-fields -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
