[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

[Michael Foord]

Armin Rigo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:38:27AM -0700, Neil Toronto wrote:
>   
>>    obj.*str_expression
>>     
>
>
>     x = *('variable%d' % n)
>
>     f(a, b, *('keyword%d' % n) = c)
>
>     class *('33strangename'):
>         pass
>
>     def *(funcname)(x, y, *(argname), *args, **kwds):
>         pass
>
>     import *modname as mymodule
>
>
>   
Are you for these uses or mocking them ? Some of them look interesting...

FWIW, at Resolver (75k lines of IronPython code currently) we use 
getattr / setattr almost as many as 8 times. (I was very surprised at 
how low that was.)

That said, when I explained the proposal to two of my colleagues both of 
them were *very* happy with the  obj.[name] suggestion.

Michael Foord

> Sorry for the noise,
>
> Armin
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