我想就扩大了例如自动激活
从前面的回答给nosklo允许通过元组字典的访问。

nosklo的解决方案如下所示：

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class AutoVivification(dict):
    """Implementation of perl's autovivification feature."""
    def __getitem__(self, item):
        try:
            return dict.__getitem__(self, item)
        except KeyError:
            value = self[item] = type(self)()
            return value

测试：

a = AutoVivification()

a[1][2][3] = 4
a[1][3][3] = 5
a[1][2]['test'] = 6

print a

输出：

{1: {2: {'test': 6, 3: 4}, 3: {3: 5}}}

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我有一种情况，我要给定一个任意下标元组的节点。如果我不知道元组有多少层，该如何设计一种方法来设置适当的节点？

我在想，也许我可以使用如下语法：

mytuple = (1,2,3)
a[mytuple] = 4

但是我很难提出一个可行的实施方案。

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更新资料

我有一个基于@JCash答案的完整示例：

class NestedDict(dict):
    """                                                                       
    Nested dictionary of arbitrary depth with autovivification.

    Allows data access via extended slice notation.                           
    """
    def __getitem__(self, keys):
        # Let's assume *keys* is a list or tuple.                             
        if not isinstance(keys, basestring):
            try:
                node = self
                for key in keys:
                    node = dict.__getitem__(node, key)
                return node
            except TypeError:
            # *keys* is not a list or tuple.                              
                pass
        try:
            return dict.__getitem__(self, keys)
        except KeyError:
            raise KeyError(keys)
    def __setitem__(self, keys, value):
        # Let's assume *keys* is a list or tuple.                             
        if not isinstance(keys, basestring):
            try:
                node = self
                for key in keys[:-1]:
                    try:
                        node = dict.__getitem__(node, key)
                    except KeyError:
                        node[key] = type(self)()
                        node = node[key]
                return dict.__setitem__(node, keys[-1], value)
            except TypeError:
                # *keys* is not a list or tuple.                              
                pass
        dict.__setitem__(self, keys, value)

使用扩展切片符号可以实现与上述相同的输出：

d = NestedDict()
d[1,2,3] = 4
d[1,3,3] = 5
d[1,2,'test'] = 6

def __setitem__(self, key, value):
    if isinstance(key, tuple):
        node = self
        for i in key[:-1]:
            try:
                node = dict.__getitem__(node, i)
            except KeyError:
                node = node[i] = type(self)()
        return dict.__setitem__(node, i, value)
    return dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)