How to get a dynamic object in Python. A dynamic object is just a bag of properties, some of which might happen to be functions, just like objects in javascript. Forget OOP. This is QDP - quick-n-dirty programming!

dynamic_object.py

class Dynamic(dict):
  """Dynamic objects are just bags of properties, some of which may happen to be functions"""
  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    self.__dict__ = self
    self.update(kwargs)

  def __setattr__(self, name, value):
    import types    
    if isinstance(value, types.FunctionType):
      self[name] = types.MethodType(value, self)
    else:
      super(Dynamic, self).__setattr__(name, value)


d = Dynamic(flapdoodle='thingamajig')
d.whatsit = "dammit!"

print d['whatsit']
# dammit!

print d.whatsit
# dammit!

print d['flapdoodle']
# thingamajig

print d.flapdoodle
# thingamajig

d.whatsit = 'foo'

print d['whatsit']
# foo

print d.whatsit
# foo

def spam(self, n):
  for i in range(n):
    print "The %s is in the %s!!" % (self.whatsit, self.flapdoodle,)

d.spam = spam
d.spam(5)
# The foo is in the thingamajig!!
# The foo is in the thingamajig!!
# The foo is in the thingamajig!!
# The foo is in the thingamajig!!
# The foo is in the thingamajig!!

print str(d)
# {'flapdoodle': 'thingamajig', 'whatsit': 'foo', 'spam': <bound method ?.spam of {...}>}