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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:34:48 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 06/30/2014 07:44 AM, python@bdurham.com wrote:
>
> Nice!!!
>
> I need to study your solution, but at first blush it looks exactly like
> what I wanted to implement.

Keep in mind that dict /will not/ call your overridden methods, so if, for example, you provide your own __getitem__ you 
will also need to provide your own copies of any dict method that calls __getitem__.

--
~Ethan~