Tim Peters wrote: > (snip) > I wasn't aware of the MultiDict approach Skip mentioned, See the MultiMapping module in ExtensionClass. You can get the latest flavor of this in the latest Zope release. > but thought it > looked spot on for the general case! Skip, is the long-windedness of > > dict = MultiDict() > dict.append(d1) > dict.append(d2) > ... > s = format % dict Note the rather important *stack* sematics of MultiMappings. We often push and pop namespaces on and off of MultiMappings in use. > the part you didn't like about that? If so, how about changing the > constructor to > > def __init__(self, *dicts): > ... > > instead so you could use it as a one-liner > > format % MultiDict(d1, d2, ...) > > ? That's exactly the same as the tuple idea, except there's a nice > descriptive word in the middle of it <wink>. This is exactly what the current MultiMapping "class" does. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Python Powered! Technical Director (888) 344-4332 http://www.python.org Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.zope.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.
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