Python example code

room.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

class Room:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

if __name__ == '__main__':
    r = Room('FooRoom')
    r.shortdesc = "Some short description"
    r.longdesc  = "And some slightly longer description"

    # Just a fancy way of printing out the object's attributes...
    for attr, value in r.__dict__.iteritems():
        print "r.%s = %s" % (attr, value.__repr__())