access namedstuples as dictionary

namedtupledict

# from http://pythondoeswhat.blogspot.com/2011/09/namedtupledict.html

def namedtupledict(*a, **kw):
    namedtuple = collections.namedtuple(*a, **kw)
    def getitem(self, key):
        if type(key) == str:
            return getattr(self, key)
        return tuple.__getitem__(self, key)
    namedtuple.__getitem__ = getitem
    return namedtuple