Re: Why is there no natural syntax for accessing attributes with names not being valid identifiers?

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Date	Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:48:38 -0500
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:14:49 -0800 (PST), Piotr Dobrogost 
<p@google-groups-2013.dobrogost.net> wrote:
> I find global getattr() function awkward when reading code.

Me too. 
> What is the reason there's no "natural" syntax allowing to access 
attributes with names not being valid Python identifiers in a similar 
way to other attributes?

There is.  Just use a dictionary.

-- 
DaveA

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