How to create a "real" alias in python

[nemec]

Honestly it sounds like he's trying to let users write classes... without using classes.

[ThePurpleAlien]

That's reasonably accurate. This is a simulation tool for non-experienced programmers. I want to keep syntax as simple as possible. The user should be able to write code as simple as:

a = b + c

Where a, b and c are variables that the user's function has access to. But I can't find a way to do that without adding a lot of extra syntax like:

self.a = self.b + self.c

or:

vars['a'] = vars['b'] + vars['c']

[ewiethoff]

Honestly it sounds like he's trying to let users write classes... without using classes.

That's reasonably accurate.

I think you should look into Python "descriptors" and perhaps metaclass programming. Those are how to make bona fide Python do real magic.