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Name: multidict
Version: 4.1.0
Summary: multidict implementation
Home-page: https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/
Author: Andrew Svetlov
Author-email: andrew.svetlov@gmail.com
License: Apache 2
Description: =========
multidict
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Multidict is dict-like collection of *key-value pairs* where key
might be occurred more than once in the container.
Introduction
------------
*HTTP Headers* and *URL query string* require specific data structure:
*multidict*. It behaves mostly like a regular ``dict`` but it may have
several *values* for the same *key* and *preserves insertion ordering*.
The *key* is ``str`` (or ``istr`` for case-insensitive dictionaries).
``multidict`` has four multidict classes:
``MultiDict``, ``MultiDictProxy``, ``CIMultiDict``
and ``CIMultiDictProxy``.
Immutable proxies (``MultiDictProxy`` and
``CIMultiDictProxy``) provide a dynamic view for the
proxied multidict, the view reflects underlying collection changes. They
implement the ``collections.abc.Mapping`` interface.
Regular mutable (``MultiDict`` and ``CIMultiDict``) classes
implement ``collections.abc.MutableMapping`` and allows to change
their own content.
*Case insensitive* (``CIMultiDict`` and
``CIMultiDictProxy``) ones assume the *keys* are case
insensitive, e.g.::
>>> dct = CIMultiDict(key='val')
>>> 'Key' in dct
True
>>> dct['Key']
'val'
*Keys* should be ``str`` or ``istr`` instances.
The library has optional Cython_ optimization for sake of speed.
License
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Apache 2
.. _aiohttp: https://github.com/KeepSafe/aiohttp
.. _Cython: http://cython.org/
Changelog
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See `RTD page <http://multidict.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changes.html>`_.
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Requires-Python: >=3.4.1