On 2021-02-17 11:21, Chris Angelico wrote:
Okay. Let's start bikeshedding. If SimpleNamespace were to become a
builtin, what should its name be? It needs to be short (obviously),
but not TOO short, and it needs to be at least somewhat descriptive,
and it needs to not cause confusion with "object". Ideally, it should
get a name that's unlikely to conflict with names already in frequent
use.
* namespace
* ns
* Thing
* dump
* plunkit
Does using SimpleNamespace have any other meaningful ramifications
besides being able to add attributes? When I see people suggest
SimpleNamespace, it's usually just to use it as a dict which is accessed
with attribute syntax instead of item syntax. Given that, I think a
name like `attrdict` would be appropriate. (There is already a PyPI
package called attrdict that uses this name for this purpose:
https://pypi.org/project/attrdict/ , And I feel like I've seen other
examples of similar names where someone wrote their own
mini-implementation of such a thing.)
--
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no
path, and leave a trail."
--author unknown
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