i don't think this piece of code is obscure. i think the use case is there when you know that dicta != dictb, but you need to know where they're different.
i wouldn't really care to have it on the dict since it's useful as an unbound method anyway. On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 01:11:53AM -0500, Steve Holden wrote: > On 11/19/2010 8:58 PM, Jin Yi wrote: > > so i came up with a diff method to compare 2 dicts. i found it pretty > > useful so i thought i'd share it with everyone. you can see the doctest > > to check out suggested uses. since we can't modify built-ins, i > > demonstrated adding a diff method to OrderedDict to show how one could > > add it to your own mapping objects. > > > > the core logic is compatible with python2 and 3 (i've only tested using > > 2.6.5 and 3.1.2). the doctest is suited for python3 though. > > > > > > the interface is pretty straightforward. it would be awesome to have > > this sucker as a method on the builtin dict, but that'd take a pep, no? > > > > > > > A PEP *and* some explanation of why you would want such an obscure piece > of code built in to the dict object, yes. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > PyCon 2011 Atlanta March 9-17 http://us.pycon.org/ > See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
