[Python-ideas] a simple namespace type

[Eric V. Smith]

On 5/27/2012 3:31 PM, Calvin Spealman wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:58 PM, T.B. <bauertomer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2012-05-27 19:08, Sven Marnach wrote:
>>> Calvin Spealman schrieb am Sun, 27. May 2012, um 09:42:26 -0400:
>>>> - record
>>>> - flexobject
>>>> - attrobject
>>>> - attrdict
>>>> - nameddict
>>>> - namedobject
>>>
>>> Since the proposed type is basically an `object` allowing attributes,
>>> another option would be `attrobject`.
>>>
>>> Adding an `__iter__()` method, as proposed earlier in this thread,
>>> seems unnecessary; you can simply iterate over `vars(x)` for an
>>> `attrobject` instance `x`.
>>>
>>
>> Is this whole class really necessary? As said before, this type is
>> implemented numerous times:
>> * empty class (included in the Python Tutorial) [1]
>> * argparse.Namespace [2]
>> * multiprocessing.managers.Namespace [3]
>> * bunch (PyPI) that inherits from dict, instead of wrapping __dict__ [4]
>> * many more...
> 
> All of the re-implementations of essentially the same thing is exactly why a
> standard version is constantly suggested.
> 
> That said, it is so simple that it easily has many variants, because it is only
> the base of the different ideas all these things implement.

A test of the concept would be: could the uses of the similar classes in
the standard library be replaced with the proposed new implementation?

Eric.