On 2013-12-04 21:33, Chris Angelico wrote: > I don't think so. What the OP asked for was: > > my_object.'valid-attribute-name-but-not-valid-identifier' > > Or describing it another way: A literal string instead of a token. > This is conceivable, at least, but I don't think it gives any > advantage over a dictionary.
In both cases (attribute-access-as-dict-functionality and attribute-access-as-avoiding-setattr), forcing a literal actually diminishes Python's power. I like the ability to do a[key.strip().lower()] = some_value setattr(thing, key.strip().lower(), some_value) which can't be done (?) with mere literal notation. What would they look like? a.(key.strip().lower()) = some_value (note that "key.strip().lower()" not actually a "literal" that ast.literal_eval would accept). That's pretty ugly, IMHO :-) -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
