cannot create my own dict

[John J. Lee]

"A.T.Hofkamp" <hat at se-162.se.wtb.tue.nl> writes:
[...]
> I can derive from dict, but the problem with that is that I start with a
> read/write dictionary, and I can only hope to plug all holes to prevent my data
> from leaking out.
> By starting from 'object', I certainly don't have that problem, I start with a
> closed bucket and punch holes in it in a controlled way.
> (I rather have the program drop dead due to not having enough access than
> have it continue with too much access causing havoc 500 statements later in a
> totally unrelated area.)
>
> Rather than write a bunch of code like
>
>     def __contains__(self, val):
>         return val in self.mydict
>
> I thought I'd simply do
>
>    self.__contains__ == self.d.__contains__
>
> which is exactly the same but less work (or so I thought), and possibly
> slightly faster.
>
> Well, no such luck thus :-(

UserDict.DictMixin

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-UserDict.html


John