def clean(self, strings=True, collections=True):
"""
Clean the current dict instance removing all empty values: None, '', {}, [], ().
If strings or collections (dict, list, set, tuple) flags are False,
related empty values will not be deleted.
"""
_clean(self, strings=strings, collections=collections)
def test_clean(self):
i = {
'a': {},
'b': { 'x': 1 },
'c': [],
'd': [0, 1],
'e': 0.0,
'f': '',
'g': None,
'h': '0'
}
o = i.copy()
_clean(o)
r = {
'b': { 'x': 1 },
'd': [0, 1],
'e': 0.0,
'h': '0',
}
self.assertEqual(o, r)
o = i.copy()
_clean(o, collections=False)
r = {
'a': {},
'b': { 'x': 1 },
'c': [],
'd': [0, 1],
'e': 0.0,
'h': '0'
}
self.assertEqual(o, r)
o = i.copy()
_clean(o, strings=False)
r = {
'b': { 'x': 1 },
'd': [0, 1],
'e': 0.0,
'f': '',
'h': '0',
}
self.assertEqual(o, r)