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Created March 14, 2013 05:35
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slicedict.py
class SliceDict(dict):
def __getitem__(self, item):
if isinstance(item, slice):
return self.get(item.start, item.stop)
return super(SliceDict, self).__getitem__(item)
>> d = SliceDict()
>> d['a'] = 1
>> d['a']
1
>> d['b']
KeyError: 'b'
>> d['b':10]
10
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