Dictionary with recursive additive and subtractive merging
Project description
MeldDict
A dict subclass that supports adding and subtracting other Mappings to perform recursive merging and removal.
By default, lists are also melded, but this can be configured. You can also have keys whose values are empty after a subtraction dropped automatically.
The full documentation is available online at: https://melddict.readthedocs.io/
Examples
You can add two mappings together to combine them:
meld_dict = MeldDict({'a': 'a',
'b': [1, 2],
'c': {'1': 1},
'd': 'd'})
norm_dict = {'b': [3, 4],
'c': {'2': 2},
'd': 'D',
'e': 'e'}
meld_res = meld_dict + norm_dict
meld_res == {'a': 'a',
'b': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'c': {'1': 1, '2': 2},
'd': 'D',
'e': 'e'}
meld_dict += norm_dict # a.k.a. meld_dict.add(norm_dict)
meld_dict == meld_res
You can also subtract one mapping from another:
meld_dict = MeldDict({'a': 'a',
'b': [1, 2],
'c': {'1': 1, '2': 2},
'd': 'd'})
norm_dict = {'b': [2, 3],
'c': {'2': 2, '3': 3},
'd': 'D',
'e': 'e'}
meld_res = meld_dict - norm_dict
meld_res == {'a': 'a',
'b': [1],
'c': {'1': 1}}
meld_dict -= norm_dict # a.k.a. meld_dict.subtract(norm_dict)
meld_dict == meld_res
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1.0.0
Tuesday Apr 3 2018
Initial release
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