Ticket #2779: 2779.patch

File 2779.patch, 1.6 KB (added by chris.mcavoy@…, 18 years ago)

Patch that adds shallow copy method to MergeDict

  • django/utils/datastructures.py

     
    11class MergeDict(object):
    22    """
    3     A simple class for creating new "virtual" dictionaries that actualy look
     3    A simple class for creating new "virtual" dictionaries that actually look
    44    up values in more than one dictionary, passed in the constructor.
     5
     6    >>> d1 = {'chris':'cool','camri':'cute','cotton':'adorable','tulip':'snuggable', 'twoofme':'firstone'}
     7    >>> d2 = {'chris2':'cool2','camri2':'cute2','cotton2':'adorable2','tulip2':'snuggable2'}
     8    >>> d3 = {'chris3':'cool3','camri3':'cute3','cotton3':'adorable3','tulip3':'snuggable3'}
     9    >>> d4 = {'twoofme':'secondone'}
     10    >>> md = MergeDict( d1,d2,d3 )
     11    >>> md['chris']
     12    'cool'
     13    >>> md['camri']
     14    'cute'
     15    >>> md['twoofme']
     16    'firstone'
     17    >>> md2 = md.copy()
     18    >>> md2['chris']
     19    'cool'
    520    """
    621    def __init__(self, *dicts):
    722        self.dicts = dicts
     
    1732    def __contains__(self, key):
    1833        return self.has_key(key)
    1934
     35    def __copy__(self):
     36        return self.__class__(*self.dicts)
     37
    2038    def get(self, key, default=None):
    2139        try:
    2240            return self[key]
     
    4361                return True
    4462        return False
    4563
     64    def copy(self):
     65        """ returns a copy of this object"""
     66        return self.__copy__()
     67
    4668class SortedDict(dict):
    4769    "A dictionary that keeps its keys in the order in which they're inserted."
    4870    def __init__(self, data=None):
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