Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Why can't I have:
>
> >>> d = {}
> >>> d.x = 3
> >>> d
> {'x': 3}
Because it's horrible and a bad idea.
d = {'this': 23, 'word': 42, 'frog': 2, 'copy': 15, 'lunch': 93}
e = d.copy()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
Conflating keys in a database with object attributes is one of the classic
blunders, like getting involved in a land war in Asia. It is, *maybe*,
barely acceptable as a quick-and-dirty convenience at the interactive
interpreter, in a Bunch or Bag class that has very little in the way of
methods or behaviour, but not acceptable for a class as fundamental and
important as dict. No matter what Javascript thinks.
Consider:
d['something else'] = 1
d.something else
d.something else
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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