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class LazyDict(dict):
    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        if attr in self:
            return self[attr]
        else:
            raise AttributeError, "'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" \
                % (self.__class__.__name__, attr)

    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
        if hasattr(super(LazyDict, self), attr):
            raise AttributeError, "'%s' object already has attribute '%s'" \
                % (self.__class__.__name__, attr)
        self[attr] = value

>>> from lazydict import LazyDict
>>> foo = LazyDict()
>>> foo.bar = 42
>>> foo.bar
42
>>> foo.biz = LazyDict()
>>> foo.biz.qux
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "lazydict.py", line 6, in __getattr__
AttributeError: LazyDict instance has no attribute 'qux'
>>> foo.biz.qux = object()
>>> foo.biz.qux
<object object at 0xb7d26468>

Host *
    VisualHostKey yes

$ ssh labs.tehmaze.com
Host key fingerprint is fb:24:0a:db:f3:10:d2:33:20:14:fb:43:52:1e:05:50
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|  ++Eo.          |
| . + .           |
|  + +            |
|   = o           |
|    + = S        |
|     o + .       |
|    . . o .      |
|     +.o +       |
|    . oo. .      |
+-----------------+

Last login: Thu Oct  2 12:38:55 2008 from *.nl
wijnand@drone:~$ 

$ ssh base
Host key fingerprint is 99:a3:6f:96:78:9c:ef:d7:83:26:33:1f:bd:b0:c7:be
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|         o       |
|        S        |
|       . .   .   |
|      .o o  o+.  |
|      ..B + ++=. |
|       +.ooBooEo |
+-----------------+

Last login: Thu Oct  2 10:47:23 2008 from *.nl
wijnand@base:~$ 

>>> # Import the operator built-in module
>>> import operator
>>> from django.db.models import Q
>>> from mytest.models import Test
>>> # Create an arbitrary set of test-data
>>> for x in xrange(0, 99): Test(test=x).save()
>>> # The lookups
>>> lookups = [Q(test=1), Q(test=2), Q(test=23), Q(test=42)]
>>> # Here we use reduce()
>>> print Test.objects.filter(reduce(operator.or_, lookups))
[<Test test=1>, <Test test=2>, <Test test=23>, <Test test=42>]