from typing import Any def set_nested_attr(target: Any, key: str, value: Any): parts = key.split(".") for part in parts[:-1]: target = getattr(target, part) setattr(target, parts[-1], value) def set_dict_nested_value(target: dict, key: str, value: Any): parts = key.split(".") for part in parts[:-1]: if part not in target: target[part] = {} target = target[part] target[parts[-1]] = value