Set attributes from dictionary in python

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Published on 2010-03-17T21:54:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 22:01 UTC
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Is it possible to create an object from a dictionary in python in such a way that each key is an attribute of that object?

Something like this:

 dict = { 'name': 'Oscar', 'lastName': 'Reyes', 'age':32 }

 e = Employee( dict ) 
 print e.name # Oscar 
 print e.age + 10 # 42

I think it would be pretty much the inverse of this question: Python dictionary from an object's fields

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