I don't think that's sufficient. See how many methods the author of http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/283455 had to redefine.
Rob Williscroft wrote: > John Henry wrote in news:1164494606.514366.124810 > @l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com in comp.lang.python: > > > I believe the standard dictionary should be amened to allow the use of > > case insensitive keys - as an option. > > class idict( dict ): > > class __istr( str ): > > def __eq__( self, other ): > return self.lower() == other.lower() > > def __hash__( self ): > return self.lower().__hash__() > > def __setitem__( self, k, v ): > dict.__setitem__( self, idict.__istr( k ), v ) > > d = idict( a = 1, b = 2 ) > d['A'] = 3 > > print d > > Rob. > -- > http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
