How to store the reference of a dictionary element ?

[Mike Meyer]

"Alfredo P. Ricafort" <alpot at mylinuxsite.com> writes:
> Hi Terry,
> I understand that. That is why I said in my earlier post(to Terry
> Hancock) that if I do this:
>   a['2']=[22] 
> instead of this:
>   a['2'][0]=22
> then the link will be broken.

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]

The other methods (__setslice__, __init__, sort, insert, etc.) are
left as an exercise. The other questions being asked are also good.

        <mike

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