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Re: Dynamic variable creation from string

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Date Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:00:40 -0800
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alex23 wrote:
> On Dec 11, 4:42 pm, Nobody <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> If just you're trying to avoid getting a repetitive strain injury in your
>> right-hand little finger from typing all the [''], you could turn
>> the keys into object attributes, e.g.:
>>
>>         class DictObject:
>>             def __init__(self, d):
>>                 for key, value in d.iteritems():
>>                     setattr(self, key, value)
>>         ...
>>         o = DictObject(D)
>>         # use o.a, o.b, etc
> 
> I hate this kind of laziness. I'd spend at least 5 minutes trying to
> work out _why_ someone felt this was necessary and then get annoyed
> that it was just to avoid typing.

For me, half of it is to avoid the typing, the other half to avoid the 
reading.  ;)

~Ethan~

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  Re: Dynamic variable creation from string "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-12-07 18:46 +0100
  Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 04:52 +1100
  Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-07 17:59 -0500
  Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-08 00:03 +0000
    Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-07 19:27 -0500
      Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-08 01:59 +0000
      Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-12-08 10:54 +0200
        Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Massi <massi_srb@msn.com> - 2011-12-09 01:55 -0800
          Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-12-09 12:27 +0100
          Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-09 11:59 +0000
            Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-09 12:03 +0000
            Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 23:08 +1100
          Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-09 12:01 -0800
          Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-12-11 06:42 +0000
            Re: Dynamic variable creation from string alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 19:31 -0800
              Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-11 21:00 -0800
                Re: Dynamic variable creation from string alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 22:50 -0800
    Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 14:13 +1100
  Re: Dynamic variable creation from string alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-12-11 23:11 -0800
    Re: Dynamic variable creation from string 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-12 04:43 -0800
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      Re: Dynamic variable creation from string alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 15:45 -0800
        Re: Dynamic variable creation from string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-13 01:35 +0000
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