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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:09:51 +1000
Subject: Re: looking for standard/builtin dict-like data object
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
> I also thought the stdlib had some kind of "namespace" class with this kind
> of API, but I can't find it now:-(

It does - types.SimpleNamespace(). It accepts keyword arguments, and
will let you create more attributes on the fly (unlike a namedtuple).

ChrisA