Johannes Bauer wrote:
> I have a very simple about sets. This is a minimal example:
> The problem is: two instances of x() are equal (__eq__ returns true),
> but they are not identical. I have an equal element ("z"), but want to
> get the *actual* element ("a") in the set. I.d. in the above example,
> i'd like something like:
>
> print(s.getelement(z) is a)
> True
>
> Is there something like the "getelement" function? How can I do what I
> want?
Here's a trick to find the actual element. I think Raymond Hettinger posted
an implementation of this idea recently, but I can't find it at the moment.
class X:
def __init__(self, y):
self.__y = y
def __eq__(self, other):
try:
return self.__y == other.__y
except AttributeError:
return NotImplemented
def __hash__(self):
return hash(self.__y)
a = X("foo")
s = set([X("bar"), X("moo"), a])
z = X("foo")
class Grab:
def __init__(self, value):
self.search_value = value
def __hash__(self):
return hash(self.search_value)
def __eq__(self, other):
if self.search_value == other:
self.actual_value = other
return True
return False
assert a == z
assert a is not z
grab = Grab(z)
grab in s
assert grab.actual_value is a
Peter
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