... or something like that. I have an XMLish data structure whose nodes' __get/set/del item__ methods resolve as:
node['foo'] -> node.children['foo'] node['@bar'] -> node.attributes['bar'] so you can say: countries['us']['Colorado']['Denver']['@population'] This is going to be used in user-input formulae, so I'm willing to do a lot of work for minor beautifications. I'd like to be able to say (I know, the quotes are still ugly, but at least you save a bracket): countries/'us'/'Colorado'/'Denver'/'@population' That's easy to do with a __div__ method, but it only works for getting, not setting or deleting. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this problem. I keep thinking descriptors might be involved somehow in the solution, but I may be on a completely wrong track. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
