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Re: Pythonic style (was: Differences between Class(Object) and Class(Dict) for dictionary usage?)

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  Re: Pythonic style (was: Differences between Class(Object) and Class(Dict) for dictionary usage?) Christopher Reimer <christopher_reimer@icloud.com> - 2016-04-27 20:07 -0700

#107745 — Re: Pythonic style (was: Differences between Class(Object) and Class(Dict) for dictionary usage?)

On 4/27/2016 7:07 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> I would say the latter is more Pythonic, because it:
>
> * Better conveys the intention (“set the value of the ‘self.key’
>    attribute”).
>
> * Uses the built-in mechanisms of Python (don't invoke magic attributes,
>    instead use the system that makes use of them behind the scenes).
>
> * Expresses that intention more concisely (fewer terms).
>
> * Expresses that intention more clearly (less syntactic noise).

In short,  my original code before I turned it into a separate 
dictionary. *sigh*

Thank you,

Chris R.

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