Basic attributes dictionary / namespacer

README.md

DictNamespace

A basic namespacing utility to provide "nicer" code.

It's a small snippet for a minor quality-of-life utility.

ns = DictNamesspace(a=1, b="hello")
assert ns.a == 1
assert ns.b == "hello"

import json
ns = DictNamespace(json.dumps(data))
assert ns.deep.listitem[5].name == "something"
assert ns["deep"]["listitem"][5]["name"] == "something"

dictnamespace.py

class DictNamespace(dict):
    __INHERENT = dir(dict)

    def __setitem__(self, k, v):
        if k in DictNamespace.__INHERENT:
            raise KeyError(f"Cannot override reserved name '{k}'")
        dict.__setitem__(self, k, v)


    def __setattr__(self, k, v):
        self[k] = v


    def __getattr__(self, k):
        return self[k]


    def __delattr__(self, k):
        del self[k]