Github user tliron commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-ariatosca/pull/188#discussion_r131909167
  
    --- Diff: aria/orchestrator/execution_plugin/ctx_proxy/server.py ---
    @@ -170,101 +178,59 @@ def _process_ctx_request(ctx, args): # pylint: 
disable=too-many-branches,too-man
             modifying_key = None
             modifying_value = None
     
    -    num_args = len(args)
    -
    -    while index < num_args:
    -        arg = args[index]
    -
    -        # Object attribute
    -        attr = _desugar_attr(current, arg)
    -        if attr is not None:
    -            current = getattr(current, attr)
    -
    -        # List entry
    -        elif isinstance(current, list) and _is_int(arg):
    -            current = current[int(arg)]
    -
    -        # Dict (or dict-like object) value
    -        elif hasattr(current, '__getitem__'):
    -            if modifying and (not arg in current):
    -                current[arg] = {}
    -            current = current[arg]
    -
    -        # Call
    -        elif callable(current):
    -            if isinstance(current, functools.partial):
    -                argspec = inspect.getargspec(current.func)
    -                # Don't count initial args fulfilled by the partial
    -                spec_args = argspec.args[len(current.args):]
    -                # Don't count keyword args fulfilled by the partial
    -                spec_args = tuple(a for a in spec_args if a not in 
current.keywords)
    -            else:
    -                argspec = inspect.getargspec(current)
    -                spec_args = argspec.args
    -
    -            callable_kwargs = {}
    -            if isinstance(arg, dict):
    -                # If the first arg is a dict, treat it as our kwargs
    -                # TODO: what if the first argument really needs to be a 
dict?
    -                callable_kwargs = arg
    -                index += 1
    -
    -            if argspec.varargs is not None:
    -                # Gobble the rest of the args
    -                callable_args = args[index:]
    -            else:
    -                # Take only what we need
    -                spec_args = tuple(a for a in spec_args if a not in 
callable_kwargs)
    -                spec_args_count = len(spec_args)
    -                if inspect.ismethod(current):
    -                    # Don't count "self" argument
    -                    spec_args_count -= 1
    -                callable_args = args[index:index + spec_args_count]
    -                # Note: we might actually have fewer args than the 
args_count, but that could be OK
    -                # if the user expects subsequent args to have default 
values
    -
    -            args_count = len(callable_args)
    -            if args_count > 1:
    -                index += args_count - 1
    -
    -            current = current(*callable_args, **callable_kwargs)
    -
    -        else:
    -            raise RuntimeError('`{0}` cannot be processed in 
{1}'.format(arg, args))
    -
    -        index += 1
    -
    -    if callable(current):
    -        current = current()
    +    # Parse all arguments
    +    while len(args) > 0:
    +        obj, args = _parse_argument(obj, args, modifying)
     
         if modifying:
    -        if hasattr(current, '__setitem__'):
    -            # Modify dict value
    -            current[modifying_key] = modifying_value
    -        else:
    +        if hasattr(obj, '__setitem__'):
    --- End diff --
    
    Correct, this is *exactly* a case for ducktyping. :) Any object can be 
"dict-like" here by just implementing this magic method, and ctx will be happy.


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