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.
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