Using a class as a data container

Question

Sometimes it makes sense to cluster related data together. I tend to do so with a dict, e.g.,

self.group = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
print self.group[\'a\']
         


        

Answer 1

In a language which supports it, I would use a struct. A dictionary would be closest to a structure in Python, at least as far as I see it.

Not to mention, you could add a method to a dictionary anyway if you really wanted to ;)