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/ caselessDictionary.py
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October 16, 2012 18:46
— forked from bloomonkey/caselessDictionary.py
A Python dictionary sub-class that is case-insensitive when searching, but also preserves the keys as inserted.
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| class CaselessDictionary(dict): | |
| """Dictionary that enables case insensitive searching while preserving case sensitivity | |
| when keys are listed, ie, via keys() or items() methods. | |
| Works by storing a lowercase version of the key as the new key and stores the original key-value | |
| pair as the key's value (values become dictionaries).""" | |
| def __init__(self, initval={}): | |
| if isinstance(initval, dict): | |
| for key, value in initval.iteritems(): |