qubx :: util_types :: OverridingDict :: Class OverridingDict

Class OverridingDict

object --+    
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      dict --+
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            OverridingDict

"Overrides" the base dict so keys are looked up first here, then if not found, in base dict.

Instance Methods

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new empty dictionary

__init__(self, base=None, *args, **kw)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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True if D has a key k, else False

has_key(self, key)

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list of D's keys

keys(self)

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True if D has a key k, else False

__contains__(self, key)

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__getitem__(self, key)
x[y]

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D[k] if k in D, else d

get(self, key)
d defaults to None.

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Inherited from dict: __cmp__, __delitem__, __eq__, __ge__, __getattribute__, __gt__, __iter__, __le__, __len__, __lt__, __ne__, __new__, __repr__, __setitem__, __sizeof__, clear, copy, fromkeys, items, iteritems, iterkeys, itervalues, pop, popitem, setdefault, update, values, viewitems, viewkeys, viewvalues