frozenmap 0.5.1

Package frozenmap provide FrozenDict and FrozenMap class

frozenmap is MIT Licensed python library. It implements FrozenDict and FrozenMap classes.

• FrozenMap instance is an immutable mapping object wrapped around a mutable mapping object.

• FrozenDict instance is an immutable mapping object wrapped around a dict object.

This library actually is a “proof of concept” for the problem of fast “immutable dict” problem.

Main repository for frozenmap is on bitbucket.

Quick start:

First load inventory:

>>> from frozenmap import FrozenDict

Simple example:

>>> fd = FrozenDict(a=1,b=2,c=3)
>>> print(fp)
FrozenDict({'a':1, 'b':2, 'c':3})
>>> fd['a']
1
>>> fd['a'] = 10
........
TypeError: 'frozenmap.frozendict.FrozenDict' object does not support item assignment
>>> del fd['a']
.........
TypeError: 'frozenmap.frozendict.FrozenDict' object does not support item deletion
>>> fd.pop('a')
.........
AttributeError: 'frozenmap.frozendict.FrozenDict' object has no attribute 'pop'

Changes:

0.5 Initial version