James Stroud wrote:
> 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
But it's not a dictionary anymore so you can't use it in the same places
you would use a dictionary.
foo(**n)
Would raise an error.
So I couldn't do:
def foo(**kwds):
kwds = namespace(kwds)
kwds.bob = 3
kwds.alice = 5
...
bar(**kwds) #<--- do something with changed items
Ron
> 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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