Make a dictionary behave like an object, with attribute-style access.

dict_object.py

class DictObject(dict):
    """Dict behaving like an object, with attribute-style access."""

    __strict_attr__ = True
    __attr_default__ = None

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        try:
            return self[name]
        except KeyError:
            if self.__strict_attr__:
                raise AttributeError(name)
            else:
                return self.__attr_default__

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        if name not in ('__strict_attr__', '__attr_default__'):
            self[name] = value

usage_example.py

class MyDict(DictObject):
    pass


d = MyDict(one=1, two=2)

print(d.one)
print(d['one'])