Commit 31b8270c by Victor Shnayder

remove too-clever lazy dictionary

parent 41eca8a0
from collections import MutableMapping
class LazyLoadingDict(MutableMapping):
"""
A dictionary object that lazily loads its contents from a provided
function on reads (of members that haven't already been set).
"""
def __init__(self, loader):
'''
On the first read from this dictionary, it will call loader() to
populate its contents. loader() must return something dict-like. Any
elements set before the first read will be preserved.
'''
self._contents = {}
self._loaded = False
self._loader = loader
self._deleted = set()
def __getitem__(self, name):
if not (self._loaded or name in self._contents or name in self._deleted):
self.load()
return self._contents[name]
def __setitem__(self, name, value):
self._contents[name] = value
self._deleted.discard(name)
def __delitem__(self, name):
del self._contents[name]
self._deleted.add(name)
def __contains__(self, name):
self.load()
return name in self._contents
def __len__(self):
self.load()
return len(self._contents)
def __iter__(self):
self.load()
return iter(self._contents)
def __repr__(self):
self.load()
return repr(self._contents)
def load(self):
if self._loaded:
return
loaded_contents = self._loader()
loaded_contents.update(self._contents)
self._contents = loaded_contents
self._loaded = True
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