> John Heasly wrote: >> Given: >> [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >> 96.0}, \ >> {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >> 96.0}, \ >> {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height": >> 210.0}, \ >> {"graphic": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "width": 493.0, "height": >> 341.0}] >> >> Return: >> {"mugshot1": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "mugshot1.width": 67.0, >> "mugshot1.height": 96.0,\ >> "mugshot2": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "mugshot2.width": 67.0, >> "mugshot2.height": 96.0, \ >> "freehand1": "b1.developreport.0614", "freehand1.width": 154.0, >> "freehand1.width": 210.0, \ >> "graphic1": "bz_cafeparadiso_0613", "graphic1.width": 493.0, >> "graphic1.height": 341.0} >> >> I'm trying to teach myself some OOP. Does grinding the Given above >> into >> the Return seem like a good candidate? > > If that's all you're doing, and you must use that output format, then > I'd say no. OOP is not a panacea. > > Now if you're going to *do* something with the return information, then > I would say yes. But in that case, don't use a single dict as a return, > use objects. > -- > Michael Hoffman
Michael, Thanks. I'm thinking maybe list comprehension is a more appropriate tool. And I need to keep the return a single dict 'cause that's what the next step in the process expects. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list