With or Using

[Greg Ewing]

<tim at worthy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Rather than typing jim each time,
> jim.born=1960
> jim.haircolour='Brown'
> jim.eyecolour='Green'

def with(subject, **args):
  for attr, value in args.items():
    setattr(subject, attr, value)

jim = person()
with(jim,
  born = 1960,
  haircolour = 'Brown',
  eyecolour = 'Green')

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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury,	  
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