telling python how to create a dict out of your object (via interpreter on KEGG web API data)

gistfile1.py

>>> from SOAPpy import WSDL
>>> wsdl = 'http://soap.genome.jp/KEGG.wsdl'
>>> serv = WSDL.Proxy(wsdl)
>>> pathways = serv.list_pathways('map')
>>> ps=pathways
>>> ps[0]
<SOAPpy.Types.structType item at 37525944>: {'definition': 'Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis - Reference pathway', 'entry_id': 'path:map00010'}
>>> ps[0].__dict__
{'_attrs': {},
 '_cache': None,
 '_data': None,
 '_keyord': [u'entry_id', u'definition'],
 '_name': u'item',
 '_ns': u'SOAP/KEGG',
 '_type': 'struct',
 '_typed': 1,
 u'definition': 'Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis - Reference pathway',
 u'entry_id': 'path:map00010'}
>>> dict(ps[0])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 13; 2 is required
>>> dict([ps[0]])
{'path:map00010': 'Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis - Reference pathway'}

The gist is, I assume, the keyord member in the class - I assume it tells python how to create a dict (i.e. use entry_id as the key and definition as the value).

For KEGG info, see http://www.kegg.jp/kegg/soap/doc/keggapi_manual.html