dictionary with fully evaluated keys
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This package provides a NamespaceDict mapping which fully evaluates keys using Python syntax. For example, it can perform nested lookups, attribute lookups, and tuple splicing:
>>> from namespacedict import NamespaceDict >>> >>> # create a new namespace >>> ns = NamespaceDict() >>> >>> # nested lookup from a list >>> ns['x'] = [1, 2, 3] >>> ns['x[1]'] 2 >>> # set a docstring attribute >>> ns['y'] = lambda x: x >>> ns['y.__doc__'] = 'my function' >>> ns['y.__doc__'] 'my function' >>> >>> # set three items from a tuple >>> ns['a, b, c'] = 'A', 'B', 'C' >>> ns['b'] 'B'
Keys are parsed in a safe way using Python’s AST library. It is thus possible to create complex dictionary queries that work as expected:
>>> ns['one'] = 1 >>> ns['two'] = 2 >>> ns['x[0:two]'] = 5, 4 >>> ns['x[::-one]'] [3, 4, 5]
The NamespaceDict type can also be used as an adapter for other mappings, by passing the underlying data structure on initialisation:
>>> # create a numpy array with named columns >>> import numpy as np >>> a = np.empty(5, dtype=[('col1', int), ('col2', int), ('col3', int)]) >>> >>> # use NamespaceDict to access array >>> ns = NamespaceDict(a) >>> >>> # access named columns through namespace >>> ns['col1, col2, col3'] = 1, 2, 3 >>> ns['col2'] array([2, 2, 2, 2, 2])
The mapping can be retrieved using the .data attribute.
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