How to create objects on the fly in python?

Question

How do I create objects on the fly in Python? I often want to pass information to my Django templates which is formatted like this:

{\'test\': [a1, a2, b2],          


        

Answer 1

Here's a rogue, minimalist way to create an object. A class is an object, so just commandeer the class definition syntax as if it were a Python object literal:

class testobj(object):
    test = [a1,a2,b2]
    test2 = 'something else'
    test3 = 1

Class variables are the members of the object, and are easily referenced:

assert testobj.test3 == 1

This is weird, a class never used as a class: it's never instantiated. But it's a low-clutter way to make an ad hoc, singleton object: The class itself is your object.