[Numpy-discussion] numarray.records - get/set item

[Colin J. Williams]

Thanks, I've copied the list here.

Colin W.

Sebastian Haase wrote:

>Hi Colin,
>Did you also forget to cc that message to the mailing list - because I just
>realized that I send my second mail directly to Perry (only)
>[I'm not part of the "numarray-team" - so you would need to resent this
>message to the list ...]
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>Regards,
>Sebastian
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Colin J. Williams" <cjw at sympatico.ca>
>To: "Sebastian Haase" <haase at msg.ucsf.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] numarray.records - get/set item
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>>Sebastian Haase wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>Is it maybe a good idea to add this to the definition of 'class Record'
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>>>class Record:
>>>   """Class for one single row."""
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>>>   def __getitem__(self, fieldName):
>>>       return self.array.field(fieldName)[self.row]
>>>   def __setitem__(self, fieldName, value):
>>>       self.array.field(fieldName)[self.row] = value
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>>>I don't know  about the implications if  __delitem __  and so on are not
>>>defined.
>>>I just think it would look quite nice to say
>>>myRecArr[0]['mmm'] = 'hallo'
>>>as opposed to
>>>myRecArr[0].setfield('mmm',  'hallo')
>>>
>>>Actually I would even like
>>>myRecArr[0].mmm = 'hallo'
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>>>This should be possible by defining __setattr__.
>>>It would obviously only work for fieldnames that do not contain '.' or '
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>>>or ...
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>>>Any comments ?
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>>I prefer this, it requires fewer key strokes and should be easy to do.
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>>Colin W.
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