On 8/16/2010 4:12 PM Huy Ton That said...
What do you mean by subclass?
<snip>
If you need repeated access such that iterating over a large dict frequently
impacts performance, you could subclass dict and maintain a second index
allowing instant access to the keys associated with a specific value.
HTH,
Emile
Something along these lines:
class myDict(dict):
def __init__(self):
self.altKeys = {}
def __setitem__(self,ky,val):
self.altKeys[val]=ky
return dict.__setitem__(self, ky,val)
def lookup(self,ky):
return self.altKeys[ky]
a = myDict()
a[1] = 111
a[2] = 222
a[3] = 333
a[3]
a.lookup(333)
Emile
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