How to store the reference of a dictionary element ?

[Robin Munn]

Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
> Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> writes:
> 
>> Ok, now the solution is easy. Don't use lists. Use your own class that
>> look like lists:
>> 
>> class MenuList(list):
>>    def __setitem__(index, item): my[index][0] = item
>>    def __getitem__(index): return my[index][0]
> 
> Sigh. Of course that should be:
> 
> class MenuList(list():
>    def __setitem__(my, index, item): my[index][0] = item
>    def __getitem__(my, index): return my[index][0]
> 

Oh. Now I understand -- you've used "my" where nearly everyone uses
"self". Python will let you do that, but (as I just accidentally
demonstrated) it will be easier for other people to understand your code
if you go with the generally-accepted convention of using "self".

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