> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:50:51AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> The JSON use case seems to be driven because this is the way >> JavaScript does things -- they don't distinguish between dicts and >> objects. > > That's particular feature has a cure (or poison - for thos who don't > want to mix getattr and getitem): json.load/loads have object_hook > parameter that's used instead of dict. Pass DictRecord (or whatever you > call that) - and voila! > >> I personally think that's a poor language feature: it blurs a >> line that should be clear, between data (dict keys) and program >> variables (attributes). > > Me too.
Although we do something similar with namedtuple (instead of using a dict), so it's not like we have a strict distinction. Eric. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
