Re: dictionary size changed during iteration

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From	Mark Niemczyk <prahamark@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: dictionary size changed during iteration
Date	Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:39:23 -0700 (PDT)
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As of Python 3.x (which I suspect you are running):

"The objects returned by dict.keys(), dict.values() and dict.items() are view objects. They provide a dynamic view on the dictionary’s entries, which means that when the dictionary changes, the view reflects these changes.", and 

"Iterating views while adding or deleting entries in the dictionary may raise a RuntimeError or fail to iterate over all entries."

     see: http://docs.python.org/release/3.1.3/library/stdtypes.html#dict-views

On my system:
ActivePython 3.2.0.0 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 3.2 (r32:88445, Feb 21 2011, 11:25:33) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> ukeys = {}
>>> type(ukeys.keys())
<class 'dict_keys'>
>>> 

So, to achieve your objective, one solution could be to change the ukeys assignment statement to:

     ukeys = list(self.updates.keys())



Hope this helps,

Mark N.

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Re: dictionary size changed during iteration Mark Niemczyk <prahamark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 05:39 -0700

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