dict8 0.2.1

features

• No boilerplate: just a, b, path and some code.

• Enables you to define a specific merge behavior for every part of the tree.

• Merge into datclasses or attrs.

internal

The default machinery converts all input data to a Mapper. If a and b are mappable, the new, common and old values are taken to a custom function to decide upon the value precedence. Returning missing will omit this key from the intermediate result. The chosen mapper will decide how to incorporate the latter.

dict8.merge

import dict8


@dict8.ion(DataclassMapper)
def merge(
    a: t.Any,
    b: t.Any,
    path: Path = (),
    /,
    override: t.Optional[t.Callable] = None,
    nothing_new: bool = False,
    remove_old: bool = False,
    keep_type: bool = True,
    **kv: t.Any,
) -> t.Any:
    """Merge two mappable objects into one.

    :param a: object a
    :param b: object b
    :param path: the path of keys
    :param override: a function to override b
    :param nothing_new: skip new keys if they ar not in a
    :param remove_old: skip old keys if they are not in b
    :param keep_type: b must have similar type like a
    """
    ...

custom merger

import dict8


@dict8.ion
def merge(a, b, path, /, **kv):
    try:
        # try descent into sub mappings
        return merge(
            a,
            b,
            path,
            **kv,
        )
    except dict8.UnMappable:
        # take b else a
        return b if b is not dict8.missing else a


assert (
    merge(
        {
            1: 2,
            3: {4: 5},
        },
        {
            3: {4: 2, 5: 1},
        },
    )
    == {1: 2, 3: {4: 2, 5: 1}}
)