[Python-Dev] dict() enhancement idea?

[Just van Rossum]

Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

>     name1 = foo()
>     name2 = foo()
>     x = _(template)
> 
> Where _() does a sys._getframe() and automatically sucks the locals
> and globals for interpolation.  Works great, but it gives pychecker
> fits. :)

You, my friend, are a sick man! But then again, I already knew that ;-)

> I like both the **kws addition as well as the keywords-as-attributes
> conveniences.

I wouldn't propose the latter seriously as an enhancement to the dict object:
imagine all the c.l.py posts we'll get of people who do

  >>> d = {}
  >>> d.keys = <whatever>

and wonder why it blows up later... What Oren posted is a great hack in cases
where you more or less know the kind of keys you're going to expect, but it
isn't as great as a general feature of dicts.

Just