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(JS destructuring assignment)-like in Python
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dest_assign_python.py
# It "works"
from __future__ import annotations
import operator
@lambda x: x() # Since 3.10, maybe ? Works at least in 3.11
class __annotations__:
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
command,target = value.replace(" ", "").split("@")
if command == "UNPACK":
getter_keys = key.split("_")
result_itemgetter = operator.itemgetter(*getter_keys)(globals()[target])
# We can easily handle default values, non existing key, rest, ...
# Simply loop over getter_keys
globals().update(zip(getter_keys, result_itemgetter))
my_dict = { "foo" : "Hello", "bar" : "World!", "ignore" : "Black Magic 🧙‍♂️" }
foo_bar : UNPACK@my_dict
print(foo, bar) # Hello World!
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