Hopefully the title isn't too misleading, I'm not sure the best way to phrase my question. I'm trying to create a (X, Y) coordinate data type in Python. Is there a way to create a "custom data type" so that I have an object with a value, but also some supporting attributes? So far I've made this simple class: class Point: def __init__(self, x, y): self.x = x self.y = y self.tuple = (x, y) Ideally, I'd like to be able to do something like this: >>> p = Point(4, 5) >>> >>> my_x = p.x # can access the `x` attribute with "dot syntax" >>> >>> my_tuple = p # or can access the tuple value directly # without needing to do `.tuple`, as if the `tuple` # attribute is the "default" attribute for the object NOTE I'm not trying to simply display the tuple, I know I can do that with the __repr__ method In a way, I'm trying to create a very simplified numpy.ndarray, because the ndarrays are a datatype that have their own attributes. I tried looking thru the numpy source to see how this is done, but it was way over my head, haha. Any tips would be appreciated! Continue reading...
