Dict.py

class Dict(dict):
	def __init__(self, **kw)
		self.__dict__ = self
		self.update(kw)

hard = {'hello': 'world'}
easy = Dict(**hard)

assert easy.hello    == hard["hello"], "Should not fail"  # Because this is the purpose of the class
assert easy["hello"] == hard["hello"], "Should not fail"  # Because it should not invalidate old code.
assert easy.hello    == hard.hello   , "Should fail"      # Because a dict doesn't have members

The Dict class enables use of instance.member syntax rather than dictionary[key] syntax.
It behaves as a dictionary for which the keys are also members.
This is similar to the native ecmascript (javascript) syntax conflation.

• This gist code shows the basic idea.
• See implementation in code_quality Dict.py.
• See test_Dict.py for use cases in unit tests.
• Run "make clean; make" for quality metrics.

Most useful operations on a dictionary are supported.
Deriving from Dict works as expected.