Package qubx :: Module types :: Class OverridingDict

Class OverridingDict

object --+    
         |    
      dict --+
             |
            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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True if D has a key k, else False

__contains__(self, key)

__getitem__(self, key)
x[y]

new empty dictionary

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

D[k] if k in D, else d

get(self, key)
d defaults to None.

True if D has a key k, else False

has_key(self, key)

list of D's keys

keys(self)

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

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Class Variables

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Inherited from dict: __hash__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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contains(self, key)
(In operator)

Returns: True if D has a key k, else False
Overrides: dict.__contains__: (inherited documentation)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

x[y]

Overrides: dict.__getitem__: (inherited documentation)

init(self, base=None, *args, **kw)
(Constructor)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Returns: new empty dictionary
Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

get(self, key)

d defaults to None.

Returns: D[k] if k in D, else d
Overrides: dict.get: (inherited documentation)

has_key(self, key)

Returns: True if D has a key k, else False
Overrides: dict.has_key: (inherited documentation)

keys(self)

Returns: list of D's keys
Overrides: dict.keys: (inherited documentation)

Class OverridingDict

__contains__(self, key) (In operator)

__getitem__(self, key) (Indexing operator)

__init__(self, base=None, *args, **kw) (Constructor)

get(self, key)

has_key(self, key)

keys(self)

contains(self, key)
(In operator)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

init(self, base=None, *args, **kw)
(Constructor)