_dot_dict

Dotted dictionary for consistent interface.

Consider moving to Corallium, but I don’t have any uses for it yet.

Attributes

DdictType module-attribute

DdictType = Union[Dict[str, Any], Box]

Return type from ddict().

Functions

ddict

ddict(**kwargs)

Return a dotted dictionary that can also be accessed normally.

• Currently uses python-box
• Could consider cleverdict which had updates as recently as 2022
• There are numerous other variations that haven’t been updated since 2020, such as munch, bunch, ddict

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
**kwargs	keyword arguments formatted into dictionary TYPE: Dict[str, Any] DEFAULT: {}

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
DdictType	dotted dictionary TYPE: DdictType

Source code in calcipy/dot_dict/_dot_dict.py

@beartype
def ddict(**kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> DdictType:
    """Return a dotted dictionary that can also be accessed normally.

    - Currently uses `python-box`
    - Could consider `cleverdict` which had updates as recently as 2022
    - There are numerous other variations that haven't been updated since 2020, such as `munch`, `bunch`, `ddict`

    Args:
        **kwargs: keyword arguments formatted into dictionary

    Returns:
        DdictType: dotted dictionary

    """
    return Box(kwargs)