Recipe 361668 revision 2

class attrdict(dict):
    """A dict whose items can also be accessed as member variables.

    >>> d = attrdict(a=1, b=2)
    >>> d['c'] = 3
    >>> print d.a, d.b, d.c
    1 2 3
    >>> d.b = 10
    >>> print d['b']
    10

    # but be careful, it's easy to hide methods
    >>> print d.get('c')
    3
    >>> d['get'] = 4
    >>> print d.get('a')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
    """
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        dict.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        self.__dict__ = self

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