odict 1.2.3

Ordered dictionary.

odict

Dictionary in which the insertion order of items is preserved (using an internal double linked list). In this implementation replacing an existing item keeps it at its original position.

Internal representation: values of the dict:

(pred_key, val, succ_key)

The sequence of elements uses as a double linked list. The links are dict keys. self.lh and self.lt are the keys of first and last element inseted in the odict. In a C reimplementation of this data structure, things can be simplified (and speed up) a lot if given a value you can at the same time find its key. With that, you can use normal C pointers.

Memory used (Python 2.5):

-set(int): 28.2 bytes/element

-dict(int:None): 36.2 bytes/element

-odict(int:None): 102 bytes/element

Speed:

-This odict is about 20-25 times slower than a dict, for insert and del

operations.

-del too is O(1).

Usage

>>> from odict import odict
>>> od = odict()

Requires

-Python 2.4+

Changes

Version 1.2.3

-Move tests to seperate file and make egg testable with

python setup.py test. rnix, 2009-12-07

-improve lt and lh properties to make odict work with

copy.deepcopy. rnix, 2009-12-07

Version 1.2.2

-Use try/except instead of __iter__ in __setitem__ to determine if

value was already set. rnix, 2009-07-17

Version 1.2.1

-Add missing __len__ and __contains__ functions.

rnix, 2009-03-17

Version 1.2.0

-eggified

rnix, 2009-03-17

Version < 1.2

-http://code.activestate.com/recipes/498195/

bearophile, 2006-10-12

Credits

-bearophile

-Robert Niederreiter <[e-mail]>