[Python-ideas] Add a dict with the attribute access capability

[Ivan Pozdeev]

On 01.12.2017 1:19, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Ivan Pozdeev via Python-ideas wrote:
>> I needed to hold an external function reference in an object instance 
>> (if I assigned it to an attribute, it was converted into an instance 
>> method).
>
> No, that only happens to functions stored in *class* attributes,
> not instance attributes.
>
> >>> class A:
> ...    pass
> ...
> >>> a = A()
> >>>
> >>> def f():
> ...    print("I'm just a function")
> ...
> >>> a.x = f
> >>> a.x()
> I'm just a function
>
Well, yes, that was a singleton class, so I kept data in the class 
object. Now I can simplify the code by only keeping the instance 
reference in the class, thank you. (Without knowing this, that bore no 
visible benefits.)

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Regards,
Ivan