From: jansenh <henning.jansen@...>
Date: 2006-12-17T06:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Dictionary, iterate & update objects

oops! This one was actually meant to be posted in the PYTHON group ...
:-(    Sorry!

regards, Henning



jansenh wrote:
> hi comp.lang.python.
>
> I need some newbe advice on idiomatic use of Python dictionaries.
>
> I have service with a dictionary which holds a bunch of objects as
> values, and an ID as key to each object. Then I want to change an
> objects state based on its key. The way I am doing this now is by using
> 'fromkeys' and copying my object over in a temporary dictionary, then
> manipulating the object, and then I do an 'update' back to the main
> dictionary..  :-0
>
> There has to be a smarter way? Thankful for any piece of
> enlightenment...
> 
> regards, Henning