Sugar a dict with object syntax.

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# Work around the usual object orientation problem with the
# "Get out of Python free!" card.
#
class Oops:
    def __init__(self, **stuff):
        self.__dict__.update(stuff)

def start_capture_subprocesses(logdir):
    """
    Start a console capture subprocess for each node in configstore,
    all writing into logdir and return them.
    """
    subs = []
    stamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S")
    for node in configstore.nodes():
        bmc = configstore.node_hostname(node, "-bmc")
        stderr, stdout = make_capture_files(bmc, logdir, stamp)
        suspender = logdir + '/' + bmc + '.suspend'
        start = make_monitor_sol_subprocess_starter(bmc, stderr, stdout, 99)
        stuff = { 'bmc'       : bmc,
                  'suspend'   : make_capture_suspend(bmc, suspender),
                  'suspended' : make_capture_suspended(suspender, stderr),
                  'popen'     : start(),
                  'start'     : start }
        subs.append(Oops(**stuff))
    return subs

def monitor_subprocesses(subs):
    """
    Restart any restartable subprocesses in subs that have exited.
    """
    for sub in subs:
        if not sub.suspended():
            if sub.popen:
                code = sub.popen.poll()
                if code:
                    flushout("%s console capture exited with %d\n"
                             % (sub.bmc, code))
                    if code > 0 or -code in [signal.SIGSEGV, signal.SIGABRT]:
                        sub.popen = sub.start()
            else:
                sub.suspend()

def main(av):
    if len(av) == 2:
        logdir = av[1]
        if not os.path.exists(logdir):
            os.makedirs(logdir)
        subs = start_capture_subprocesses(logdir)
        def monitor(): monitor_subprocesses(subs)
        def terminate(): terminate_subprocesses(subs)
        commit_suicide_soon_after_midnight(monitor, terminate)
        return 0
    else:
        show_usage(av[0])
        return 1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))