I wish to use a Python dictionary to keep track of some running tasks. Each of these tasks has a number of attributes which makes it unique, so I'd like to use a function of these attributes to generate the dictionary keys, so that I can find them in the dictionary again by using the same attributes; something like the following:
class Task(object):
def __init__(self, a, b):
pass
#Init task dictionary
d = {}
#Define some attributes
attrib_a = 1
attrib_b = 10
#Create a task with these attributes
t = Task(attrib_a, attrib_b)
#Store the task in the dictionary, using a function of the attributes as a key
d[[attrib_a, attrib_b]] = t
Obviously this doesn't work (the list is mutable, and so can't be used as a key ( "unhashable type: list" )) - so what's the canonical way of generating a unique key from several known attributes?
Use a tuple in place of the list. Tuples are immutable and can be used as dictionary keys:
d[(attrib_a, attrib_b)] = t
The parentheses can be omitted:
d[attrib_a, attrib_b] = t
However, some people seem to dislike this syntax.
Use a tuple
d[(attrib_a, attrib_b)] = t
That should work fine
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