arbitrary-args-as-attributes.py

class Stuff:
    dict = {}
    def __getattr__(self, key):
        if not key:
            return self
        elif self.dict.has_key(key):
            return self.dict[key]
        raise AttributeError,key

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        self.dict[key] = value

    def __init__(self, *args, **arg_dict):
        for k, v in arg_dict.iteritems():
            self.dict[k] = v

stuff = Stuff(a=1, b=2, c=3)
print stuff.b