On Mar 17, 11:14 am, Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> wrote: > 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-fu...
Thanks for the pointer. At least I know there is a reason why I wasn't finding a solution. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
