basic class with some tests

gistfile1.txt

class memCache(object):

        def __init__(self):
                self.cache_dict = dict()

        def get(self,key):
                try:
                        value = self.cache_dict[key]
                        return value
                except:
                        raise UserWarning, "Key not found"

        def set(self,key,value):
                try:
                        self.get(key)
                except:
                        if key == "":
                                key = str(uuid.uuid4())
                finally:
                        self.cache_dict[key] = value
                        return key

        def delete(self,key):
                try:
                        self.get(key)
                        self.cache_dict.pop(key)
                        return 1
                except:
                        return 0
                return

test = memCache()
key = test.set('','bar')
print test.cache_dict
print test.get(key)

# try to delete a key that does not exist
status = test.delete('foo')
print status
print test.cache_dict

# try to delete a key that does exist
status = test.delete(key)
print status
print test.cache_dict