Source code for testing.utils

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"""
Utility functionality for the testing suite.
"""

from __future__ import unicode_literals
from collections import Mapping


[docs]def deep_update(orig, override): """ Update leaf values of a data structure (nested dictionaries and lists). **Parameters** Both ``orig`` and ``override`` should be of the same type. E.g. both ``orig`` and ``override`` are a :class:`python:dict`, or both are a :class:`python:list`. ``orig`` (:class:`python:dict` or :class:`python:list`) The original data structure. ``override`` (:class:`python:dict` or :class:`python:list`) The overriding data structure. **Return** :class:`python:dict` or :class:`python:list` The ``orig`` object, updated with the ``override`` values. """ if not override: return orig for key, val in override.items(): if isinstance(val, Mapping): try: deep_update(orig[key], val) except KeyError: orig[key] = val elif isinstance(val, list): try: orig_val = orig[key] if not isinstance(orig_val, list): raise KeyError for i, v in enumerate(val): if not i and val[i] is None: # ignoring modified list markers continue orig_val.append(v) except KeyError: orig[key] = val else: orig[key] = override[key] return orig