Couple questions... Is it a problem to use a defaultdict vs a stdlib dict? The benefit is just simplifying the need for checking if a key exists, so that you can freely access it and have it create a child data structure as needed. But in that example they are using files as leaf items and storing them in a list. I assume you don't want that, so that you can have arbitrarily deep hierarchies, so it would end up with leaf items having empty dictionaries, and dealing only in keys.
What are you access patterns? An arbitrarily nested dictionary is a bit complex. Are you just trying to see if something has changed between two sets of data? Are you trying to do various searches within this data structure? Justin On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:44 PM river bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > edit: > > I almost had a solution here : > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8484943/construct-a-tree-from-list-os-file-paths-python-performance-dependent?noredirect=1&lq=1 > But it is using default dict rather than a normal nested dictionary. > And i am not able to convert this nested defaultdict to a normal dict. > > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/441a0e3a-b444-4d05-a867-83757e4afa4d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/441a0e3a-b444-4d05-a867-83757e4afa4d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA0eqrLE%3DpYsOwzeLzWXuseK9ZJWwtNyOeiFOCdKJguMFA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
