converting dict to object

[Carl D. Roth]

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:48:40 -0800, rieh25 wrote:

> If I have a dictionary such as:
> 
> d = {'a' : 1, 'b' : 2}
> 
> is there a way to convert it into an object o, such as:
> 
> o.a = 1
> o.b = 2

Rather, the question could be asked the other way around: how can you
convert that object into a dict?

The attributes in 'o' are part of its '__dict__' attribute, which is a
dictionary.  That is,

  o.a = 1

is equivalent to

  o.__dict__['a'] = 1

If you already have a dictionary 'd', you can overlay it onto the object's
attributes with

  o.__dict__.update(d)

Carl