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Case-insensitive drop-in replacement for python's dict
class CaseInsensitiveDict(dict):
@classmethod
def _k(cls, key):
return key.lower() if isinstance(key, basestring) else key
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self._convert_keys()
def __getitem__(self, key):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).__getitem__(self.__class__._k(key))
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).__setitem__(self.__class__._k(key), value)
def __delitem__(self, key):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).__delitem__(self.__class__._k(key))
def __contains__(self, key):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).__contains__(self.__class__._k(key))
def has_key(self, key):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).has_key(self.__class__._k(key))
def pop(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).pop(self.__class__._k(key), *args, **kwargs)
def get(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).get(self.__class__._k(key), *args, **kwargs)
def setdefault(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
return super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).setdefault(self.__class__._k(key), *args, **kwargs)
def update(self, E, **F):
super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).update(self.__class__(E))
super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).update(self.__class__(**F))
def _convert_keys(self):
for k in list(self.keys()):
v = super(CaseInsensitiveDict, self).pop(k)
self.__setitem__(k, v)
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