[Python-ideas] Dict-like object with property access

[Oleg Broytman]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:49:54PM -0600, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
> STEP 2) We can now overload the [] to make the dynamic attributes accessible in an alternative syntax:
> 
>     class Dummy(object):
>           def __getitem__(self,key): return getattr(self,key)
>           def __setitem__(self,key,value): return setattr(self,key,value)
>     d = Dummy()
>     d.something = 5
>     d['something'] = 5
>     print d.something
>     print d['something']
> 
> STEP 3) Is anybody calling this un-pythonic?

   I do. The object has two different interfaces for the same values and
that's IMO unpythonic. The Zen says

   "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

Oleg.
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