bigdict 21.4.11

A persisted, out-of-memory dict for Python

bigdict

bigdict implements a persisted, out-of-memory dict for Python.

Tested with Python 3.7, 3.8.

The usage API strives to be as close as possible to the built-in dict, with a small number of extras.

The "engine", or "back-end", is currently rocksdb. However, rocksdb is not the point; the point is rather a "persisted, out-of-memory dict".

Installation:

$ pip install bigdict

Possible enhancements in the future:

• Support remote storage.
• Implement a cache backed by bigdict.
• A more performant engine to replace rocksdb.
• Make updates to the package python-rocksdb, which is not very active as of now.

Release 21.4.11

• Changed dependency from python-rocksdb to rocksdb, which provides a built package in a wheel, greately simplifying build and installation.
• Bumped Python requirement from 3.6 to 3.7, because rocksdb provides wheels for 3.7-3.8 only.
• Enforce all mypy and pylint checks.

Release 21.1.5

Initial release. Uploaded to Pypi.