[SAGA-RG] SAGA attributes as Python dictionaries?

[Andre Merzky]

Quoting [Mathijs den Burger] (Nov 06 2009):
> 
>> But maybe its time by now to come to a conclusion - I think I am
>> reading the same arguments over and over again in the thread ;)
>> 
>> So, there have been different proposals:
>> 
>>  A)  description.executable = "/bin/date";
>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
>>      
>>  B)  description[executable] = "/bin/date";
>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
>>      
>>  C)  description.attributes.executable = "/bin/date";
>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
>>      
>>  D)  description.attributes["Executable"] = "/bin/date";
>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
>>      
>>  E)  description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");

+1, for the same reasons as Mathijs.

A.


>> I think C and D did not catch on - just listed for completeness.
>> Did I forget a version?
> 
> For completeness: how to express async and task versions.
> I assume that would look like:
> 
> description.set_attribute("Executable", "/bin/date", TaskType.NORMAL)
> 
> > So, I'd love to see a show of hands for the different versions -
> > maybe we can cut the thread short.
> 
> I opt for E: one syntax for all cases is the simplest solution.
> 
> best,
> Mathijs
> 
> 



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