Build a dict with class syntax

[Gribouillis]

Using a metaclass, it is easy to distort the class syntax to produce just a dictionary. This could be especially useful to create dictionaries of functions

class just_a_dict:
    def __new__(cls, name, bases, dic):
        # remove keys ending with two underscores
        return {k: v for k, v in dic.items() if not k.endswith('__')}

class somedict(metaclass=just_a_dict):

    data = (8, 7, 3)

    def foo():
        print('foo was called')

    def spam(x, y):
        print(f'spam said {x + y}')

print('type of somedict is', type(somedict))
print(somedict)

somedict['foo']()
somedict['spam'](10, 100)

Output:
type of somedict is <class 'dict'>
{'data': (8, 7, 3), 'foo': <function somedict.foo at 0x7fd44b27e0e0>, 'spam': <function somedict.spam at 0x7fd44b27e170>}
foo was called
spam said 110