ANNOUNCE: Thesaurus - a recursive dictionary subclass using attributes

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> Thesaurus: A different way to call a dictionary.
> 
> Thesaurus is a new a dictionary subclass which allows calling keys as
> if they are class attributes and will search through nested objects
> recursively when __getitem__ is called.
> 
> You will notice that the code is disgusting simple. However I have
> found that
> this has completely changed the way I program in python. I've
> re-written some
> exiting programs using Thesaurus, and often realized 15-30% code
> reduction.
> Additionally I find the new code much easier to read.
> 
> If you find yourself programing with nested dictionaries often,
> fighting to
> generate output or command lines for external programs, or wish you
> had
> a dictionary that could act (sort of) like a class, Thesaurus may be
> for you.
> 
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> 

did you know you can write

class TestClass:
	no = 'Class'
	way = 'this'


tc = TestClass()

print "Something you find clean, and I'm not sure why, this is way %(way)s and this is no %(no)s" % vars(tc).


JM


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