Here it goes with a little less overhead:
py> class namespace:
... def __init__(self, adict):
... self.__dict__.update(adict)
...
py> n = namespace({'bob':1, 'carol':2, 'ted':3, 'alice':4})
py> n.bob
1
py> n.ted
3
James
On Monday 24 October 2005 19:06, Ron Adam wrote:
> Hi, I found the following to be a useful way to access arguments after
> they are passed to a function that collects them with **kwds.
>
>
> class namespace(dict):
> def __getattr__(self, name):
> return self.__getitem__(name)
> def __setattr__(self, name, value):
> self.__setitem__(name, value)
> def __delattr__(self, name):
> self.__delitem__(name)
>
> def foo(**kwds):
> kwds = namespace(kwds)
> print kwds.color, kwds.size, kwds.shape etc....
>
> foo( color='red', size='large', shape='ball', .... etc..)
>
>
> It just seems awkward to have to use "string keys" in this situation.
> This is easy and still retains the dictionary so it can be modified and
> passed to another function or method as kwds again.
>
> Any thoughts? Any better way to do this?
>
> Cheers, Ron
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