Le Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:50:01 -0800, Wayne Watson <sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> a écrit :
> That's something for me to ponder, setattr. I'd rather not go off and pick up > on something like ConfigParser at this stage. I'd like to keep this code > somewhat simple and easy to understand, but yet have some flexibility for > changes. Dicts are very handy because they are still starightforwardly usable when a name/key is unknown at design time, in addition to the value: d["foo"] = val d[name] = val A typical use is precisely reading data from a config file where both names and values are data, meaning defined by the user. So that you cannot directly store them in a custom config object writing: config.name = val Setattr addresses this need: setattr(config,name,val) So that finally using an object or a dict are more or less equivalent, rather a programmer choice. * dict is slightly easier * object allows slightly lighter code (obj.name vs obj["name"]) and a syntax better consistent with the rest of python * additionnal data attibutes, custom behaviour Denis ------ la vida e estranya _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
