Classes Inside Modules

Question

Lets say I have the code:

class NoneDict(dict):
 def __getitem__(self, name):
 try:
 return super(NoneDict, self).__getitem__(name)
 except:
 return None

I want people to be able to create a NoneDict object without writing all this code out. I tried including it in a module and then typed:

import nonedict
foo = NoneDict()

But it didn't work. How can I make it so someone can import the module and then be able to create a nonedict without typing out all the code?

• Praveen Gollakota: Did you try from nonedict import NoneDict ?

Answer 1

import nonedict
foo = nonedict.NoneDict()

or

from nonedict import NoneDict
foo = NoneDict()

or (thanks @Joel Cornett)

from nonedict import NoneDict as nd
foo = nd()

• Joel Cornett: You could also do from nonedict import NoneDict as nd

Answer 2

foo = nonedict.NoneDict()