Python dynamic attribute creation

[WANG Cong]

On 06/27/10 12:01, Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 25, 8:24 pm, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangc... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Understand, but please consider my proposal again, if we switched to:
>>
>> setattr(foo, 'new_attr', "blah")
>>
>> by default, isn't Python still dynamic as it is? (Please teach me if I
>> am wrong here.)
>>
>> This why I said the questionable thing is not so much related with dynamic
>> programming or not.
>
> Because it makes dynamicism harder to do.
>
> Like I said, Python's goal isn't simply to make dynamicism possible,
> it's to make it easy.
>
> "foo.new_attr = 'blah'" is easier than using setattr.
>

I do agree it's easier, but why do we need this to be easy? This is
really my question.

Also, since it is easier, why not drop the harder one, setattr()?


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