Re: Thoughts on object representation in a dictionary

2005-12-10 Thread Paul Rubin
py [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well the other thing is that I am allowed to store strings in this dictionary...so I can't just store the Engine and Body object and later use them. this is just a requirement (which i dont understand either)...but its what I have to do. Probably so that the

Thoughts on object representation in a dictionary

2005-12-09 Thread py
Say I have classes which represent parts of a car such as Engine, Body, etc. Now I want to represent a Car in a nested dictionary like... {string_id:{engine_id:engine_object, body_id:body_object}}ok? Well the other thing is that I am allowed to store strings in this dictionary...so I can't

Re: Thoughts on object representation in a dictionary

2005-12-09 Thread Peter Hansen
py wrote: ... Well the other thing is that I am allowed to store strings in this dictionary...so I can't just store the Engine and Body object and later use them. this is just a requirement (which i dont understand either)...but its what I have to do. Homework? So my question is there

Re: Thoughts on object representation in a dictionary

2005-12-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:37:30 -0800, py wrote: Say I have classes which represent parts of a car such as Engine, Body, etc. Now I want to represent a Car in a nested dictionary like... {string_id:{engine_id:engine_object, body_id:body_object}}ok? Well the other thing is that I am