[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

[Gustavo Carneiro]

On 2/11/07, Ben North <ben at redfrontdoor.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> A few days ago I posted to python-ideas with a suggestion for some new
> Python syntax, which would allow easier access to object attributes
> where the attribute name is known only at run-time.  For example:
>
>    setattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.metadata, method_name))
>
> from Lib/distutils/dist.py could be rewritten
>
>    self.(method_name) = self.metadata.(method_name)
>
> The new syntax would also be usable in augmented assignments, as in
>
>    obj.(attr_name) += 1
>

  -1 from me.  It does not solve a common problem, therefore it does not
deserve a special syntax.   Moreover, the existing syntax may be longer to
type but is far more readable.

-- 
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
"The universe is always one step beyond logic."
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