"""StrKeyDict always converts non-string keys to `str` This is a variation of `strkeydict.StrKeyDict` implemented as a `dict` built-in subclass (instead of a `UserDict` subclass) Test for initializer: keys are converted to `str`. >>> d = StrKeyDict([(2, 'two'), ('4', 'four')]) >>> sorted(d.keys()) ['2', '4'] Tests for item retrieval using `d[key]` notation:: >>> d['2'] 'two' >>> d[4] 'four' >>> d[1] Traceback (most recent call last): ... KeyError: '1' Tests for item retrieval using `d.get(key)` notation:: >>> d.get('2') 'two' >>> d.get(4) 'four' >>> d.get(1, 'N/A') 'N/A' Tests for the `in` operator:: >>> 2 in d True >>> 1 in d False Test for item assignment using non-string key:: >>> d[0] = 'zero' >>> d['0'] 'zero' Tests for update using a `dict` or a sequence of pairs:: >>> d.update({6:'six', '8':'eight'}) >>> sorted(d.keys()) ['0', '2', '4', '6', '8'] >>> d.update([(10, 'ten'), ('12', 'twelve')]) >>> sorted(d.keys()) ['0', '10', '12', '2', '4', '6', '8'] >>> d.update([1, 3, 5]) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable int object """ class StrKeyDict(dict): def __init__(self, iterable=None, **kwds): super().__init__() self.update(iterable, **kwds) def __missing__(self, key): if isinstance(key, str): raise KeyError(key) return self[str(key)] def __contains__(self, key): return key in self.keys() or str(key) in self.keys() def __setitem__(self, key, item): super().__setitem__(str(key), item) def get(self, key, default=None): try: return self[key] except KeyError: return default def update(self, iterable=None, **kwds): if iterable is not None: try: # duck typing FTW! pairs = iterable.items() except AttributeError: pairs = iterable for key, value in pairs: self[key] = value if kwds: self.update(kwds)