Represents a read-only access to a dictionary through the . operator. Used to allow easy access to options and suchlike. Should be both Python 2.7 and 3.x compatible.

namespace.py

class Namespace(object):
 	"""Namespace
	
	Represents a read-only access to a dictionary through the . operator. Used
	to allow easy access to options and suchlike. Should be both Python 2.7 and
	3.x compatible.
	"""
	
	def __init__(self, dict):
		self.__dict__.update(dict)
	
	def __repr__(self):
		return repr(self.__dict__)
	
	def __contains__(self, item):
		return item in self.__dict__

	# Not hashable
	__hash__ = None
	
	def __cmp__(self, other):
		return self.__neq__(other)
	
	def __eq__(self, other):
		try:
			return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
		except:
			return False
	
	def __neq__(self, other):
		return not self.__eq__(other)