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  1. @wilvk wilvk created this gist Dec 22, 2018.
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    class ActionableDict(dict):

    parent = None

    def __init__(self, initial_dict, parent = None):
    self.parent = parent
    for key, value in initial_dict.items():
    if isinstance(value, dict):
    initial_dict[key] = ActionableDict(value, self)
    super().__init__(initial_dict)

    def __setitem__(self, item, value):
    if isinstance(value, dict):
    _value = ActionableDict(value, self)
    else:
    _value = value
    print("You are changing the value of {} to {}!!".format(item, _value))
    self._traverse_parents()
    super().__setitem__(item, _value)

    def _traverse_parents(self):
    test_item = self
    parent_keys = [ next(iter(self)) ]
    while(hasattr(test_item, 'parent') and test_item.parent != None):
    for key, value in test_item.parent.items():
    if value == test_item:
    parent_keys.append(key)
    test_item = test_item.parent
    print("parent keys: " + str(parent_keys[::-1]))

    if __name__ == "__main__":
    test = ActionableDict({'a': {'b': 6 }})
    print("---")
    test['b'] = { 'c': { 'd': 3} }
    print("---")
    test['b']['c']['d'] = 4
    print("resultant dict: " + str(test))