On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Another idea would be to also use __getitem__ as a dictionary. So when > the data contains an id (let's say ssn), r = Reader(key="ssn"); > r.data["87654321"] returns the corresponding (first available) record. > But although this is cool from an educational perspective, I do wonder > whether, from a design perspective, it's a good idea to make __getitem__ > this fully packed.
Maybe have a mappingview() method that returns a lazy mapping view of the object. That way you're not mixing up indexed and mapping subscription. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
