With or Using

[Konrad Hinsen]

Tim Howarth <tim at worthy.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Have a "with" or "using" block,
> 
> with jim:
>     born=1960
>     haircolour='Brown'
>     eyecolour='Green'

How about this syntax:

  set_attributes(jim,
		 born = 1960,
		 haircolour = 'Brown',
		 eyecolour = 'Green')

All it takes is a short function definition:

  def set_attributes(object, **arguments):
      for name, value in arguments.items():
	  setattr(object, name, value)

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