accessing dictionary keys

[Andreas Balogh]

Hello,

when building a list of points like

points = [ ]
points.append((1, 2))
points.append((2, 3))

point = points[0]

eventually I'd like to access the tuple contents in a more descriptive 
way, for example:

print point.x, point.y

but instead I have to write (not very legible)

print point[0], point[1]

Note: I am using Python 2.5

Well, I can use a dictionary:

points.append({"x": 1, "y": 2})

When accessing values more typing is involved:

print point["x"], point["y"]

Or I can use a Bunch (see ActiveState cookbooks):
class Bunch:
     def __init__(self, **kwds):
         self.__dict__.update(kwds)

and do it like this:
points.append(Bunch(x=4, y=5))
print points[-1].x, points[-1].y

With the bunch at least all the quotes go away.

Is there any shortcut which allows to use point.x with a dictionary, or 
defining keys with tuples and lists?

Regards, Andreas

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Andreas Balogh
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