Thomas Heller wrote: >> Probably a good idea, has been proposed multiple times on clpy. >> One good thing would be to be able to specify either a default value >> or a factory function. >> >> While at it, other interesting dict subclasses could be: >> * sorteddict, practically reinvented by every larger project > > You mean ordereddict, not sorteddict, I hope.
Well, yes. >> * keytransformdict, such as d = keytransformdict(str.lower). > > Not sure what you mean by that. > > What *I* would like is probably more ambitious: I want a dict that allows > case-insensitive > lookup of string keys This is exactly what this would do. All keys are transformed to lowercase when setting and looking up. > plus ideally I want to use it as class or instance dictionary. > Use case: COM wrappers. regards, Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
