>
> This has been proposed and discussed and even implemented many
> times on this list and others.
>
I can find this question on SO
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4984647/accessing-dict-keys-like-an-attribute-in-python
which is basically answered with this solution
class AttributeDict(dict):
__getattr__ = dict.__getitem__
__setattr__ = dict.__setitem__
but this does not allow recursive access, you would need to first convert
all nested dictionaries to AttributeDict.
a.b.c.d = 2 # fail
a.b = dict(c=3)
a.b.c=4 # fail
> I would like to have python guys advices on how one could optimize this.
>
> Use C code and slots.
>
I tried adding __slots__= [], to my class, but my benchmarks do not show
significant changes.
if you're proposing a new module for the stdlib, one of the (unstated?)
> requirements is that it be in regular use by a fairly large audience for
> a while.
>
I was talking about escalading to python-dev as a way to hit more
expertize, but it looks like this one is already
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