IPython/zmq/parallel/util.py

"""some generic utilities"""

class ReverseDict(dict):
    """simple double-keyed subset of dict methods."""
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        dict.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        self._reverse = dict()
        for key, value in self.iteritems():
            self._reverse[value] = key
    
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        try:
            return dict.__getitem__(self, key)
        except KeyError:
            return self._reverse[key]
    
    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        if key in self._reverse:
            raise KeyError("Can't have key %r on both sides!"%key)
        dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
        self._reverse[value] = key
    
    def pop(self, key):
        value = dict.pop(self, key)
        self.d1.pop(value)
        return value
    
    def get(self, key, default=None):
        try:
            return self[key]
        except KeyError:
            return default