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rodrigogiraoserrao/logdict.py

Created September 3, 2021 13:31
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A simple Python🐍 3.8+ `dict` subclass that prints a debug message before setting/getting values.
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logdict.py
class LogDict(dict):
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
print(f"Setting {key = } with {value = }")
return super().__setitem__(key, value)
def __getitem__(self, key):
print(f"Getting {key = }")
return super().__getitem__(key)
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I used this basic modification of the dict built-in in this tweet, when showing that consecutive assignments (like a = b = c = 73) happen from the left to the right.

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