dict diff

[Jin Yi]

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
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