Steven Bethard wrote: > Sébastien Boisgérault wrote: > > Any idea why the 'options' object in > > > > # optparse stuff > > (options, args) = parser.parse_args() > > > > is not/couldn't be a real dict ? Or why at least it > > does not support dict's usual methods ? > > Well, it's not a real dict because the original API intends it to be > used as object attributes.
Sure ;). But what are the pros of this choice ? The option __str__ mimicks the behavior of a dict. Why not a full interface support of it ? > However, if you need a dict, it's pretty > simple -- use vars() or .__dict__: Agreed. 100%. SB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
