class Struct(dict):
def __getattr__(self, name):
try:
return self[name]
except KeyError:
raise AttributeError(name)
def __setattr__(self, name, value):
self[name] = value
def copy(self):
return Struct(dict.copy(self))
Usage:
points = Struct(x=1, y=2)
# Changing
points['x'] = 2
points.y = 1
# Accessing
points['x'], points.x, points.get('x') # 2 2 2
points['y'], points.y, points.get('y') # 1 1 1
# Accessing inexistent keys/attrs
points['z'] # KeyError: z
points.z # AttributeError: z
# Copying
points_copy = points.copy()
points.x = 2
points_copy.x # 1