Joseph Turian wrote: > In another thread, it was recommended that I wrap a dictionary in a > class. > How do I do so? > > Joseph > > that thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/9a0fbdca450469a1/b18455aa8dbceb8a?q=turian&rnum=1#b18455aa8dbceb8a > Perhaps like this?
>>> adict = dict(a=1,b=2,c=3) >>> class Bunch(object): ... def __init__(self, other): ... self.__dict__ = other ... >>> b = Bunch(adict) >>> b.a 1 >>> b.b 2 >>> b.c 3 >>> b.c= 42 >>> adict {'a': 1, 'c': 42, 'b': 2} >>> Be careful: attribute access to the dictionary works only if the keys are valid identifiers, and not special names (which Python looks up in the class). HTH Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list