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  1. @Xjs Xjs revised this gist May 20, 2009. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 1 deletion.
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    # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
    # THE SOFTWARE.

    __author__ = '[email protected] (Jannis Andrija Schnitzer)'
    __author__ = '[email protected] (Jannis Andrija Schnitzer)'

    class RecursiveDictionary(dict):
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    # recursive_dictionary.py
    # Created 2009-05-20 by Jannis Andrija Schnitzer.
    #
    # Copyright (c) 2009 Jannis Andrija Schnitzer
    #
    # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
    # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
    # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
    # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
    #
    # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
    #
    # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
    # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
    # THE SOFTWARE.

    __author__ = '[email protected] (Jannis Andrija Schnitzer)'
    __author__ = '[email protected] (Jannis Andrija Schnitzer)'

    class RecursiveDictionary(dict):
    """RecursiveDictionary provides the methods rec_update and iter_rec_update
    that can be used to update member dictionaries rather than overwriting
    them."""
    def rec_update(self, other, **third):
    """Recursively update the dictionary with the contents of other and
    third like dict.update() does - but don't overwrite sub-dictionaries.
    Example:
    >>> d = RecursiveDictionary({'foo': {'bar': 42}})
    >>> d.rec_update({'foo': {'baz': 36}})
    >>> d
    {'foo': {'baz': 36, 'bar': 42}}
    """
    try:
    iterator = other.iteritems()
    except AttributeError:
    iterator = other
    self.iter_rec_update(iterator)
    self.iter_rec_update(third.iteritems())

    def iter_rec_update(self, iterator):
    for (key, value) in iterator:
    if key in self and \
    isinstance(self[key], dict) and isinstance(value, dict):
    self[key] = RecursiveDictionary(self[key])
    self[key].rec_update(value)
    else:
    self[key] = value

    def __repr__(self):
    return super(self.__class__, self).__repr__()