Python: can I have a list with named indices?

Question

In PHP I can name my array indices so that I may have something like:

$shows = Array(0 => Array(\'id\' => 1, \'name\' => \'Sesame Street\'), 
               


        

Answer 1

I did it like this:

def MyStruct(item1=0, item2=0, item3=0):
    """Return a new Position tuple."""
    class MyStruct(tuple):
        @property
        def item1(self):
            return self[0]
        @property
        def item2(self):
            return self[1]
        @property
        def item3(self):
            return self[2]
    try:
        # case where first argument a 3-tuple                               
        return MyStruct(item1)
    except:
        return MyStruct((item1, item2, item3))

I did it also a bit more complicate with list instead of tuple, but I had override the setter as well as the getter.

Anyways this allows:

    a = MyStruct(1,2,3)
    print a[0]==a.item1