[Python-ideas] Add a dict with the attribute access capability

[Daniel Moisset]

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On 29 November 2017 at 05:52, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:

> In 3.7 I have removed an old-deprecated plistlib.Dict. [1] Actually it
> already was deprecated when the plistlib module was added to the regular
> stdlib in Python 2.6.
>
> This is a dict subclass which allows to access items as attributes.
>
> d = plistlib.Dict()
> d['a'] = 1
> assert d.a == 1
> d.b = 2
> assert d['b'] == 2
>
> Raymond noticed that that capability seemed nice to have.
>
> What do you think about reviving this type as general purpose type in
> collections or types? Perhaps it can be convenient for working with JSON,
> plists, configuration files, databases and in other cases that need a dict
> with string keys.
>
> If reintroduce it, there are open questions.
>
> 1. The name of the type.
>
> 2. The location of the type. collections or types? Or other variants?
>
> 3. How it will collaborate with OrderedDict, defaultdict, etc?
>
> 4. Should it be a dict subclass, or a mixin, or a proxy? Or add several
> types?
>
>
> [1] https://bugs.python.org/issue29196
>
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