Box – Python dictionary with dot notation

Re:Box – Python dictionary with dot notation by MaxMoney on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:08PM (#29599437)

You can get away with a single hashed dict:

from types import SimpleNamespace

mydict = { "name": "moe", "age": 3, "test": {"name": "josh"} # wont work }

dotted = SimpleNamespace(*mydict)

print(dotted.name, dotted.age) # moe 3

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Re:Box – Python dictionary with dot notation by kkirsche on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:12PM (#29608086)

If you don’t mind the heavier weight / newer version requirements, dataclasses from the standard lib also seem to solve this problem.

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Re:Box – Python dictionary with dot notation by whalesalad on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:16PM (#29601246)

namedtuple is my usual goto for this but problem but I am glad to learn of SimpleNamespace

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Re:Box – Python dictionary with dot notation by youssefabdelm on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:53AM (#29602969)

Exactly my thought...I wonder how the Box library differs.

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Re:Box – Python dictionary with dot notation by MaxMoney on Sunday December 19, 2021 @09:42PM (#29621010)

it probably does nested dicts

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