map -> class instance

[Chris Liechti]

John Hunter <jdhunter at nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in 
news:m2r8jcp3pv.fsf at video.paradise.lost:
> I want to convert dictionary instances to instances of a class that
> has the keys of the map as attributes.  I naively tried this:
> 
> class Map2Class:
>     def __init__(self,m):

          self.__dict__['m'] = m
 
>     def __getattr__(self, key):
>         return self.m[key]
> 
>     def __setattr__(self, key, val):
>         self.m[key] = val
> 
>     def __delattr__(self, key):
>         if self.m.has_key(key):
>             del self.m[key]

see above... you have to avoid __setattr__ for your attributes and __dict__ 
is found witouth calling __gettattr__ thus the above works.

chris

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