def _get_initial_query_dict(self, qdict):
     if not qdict:
         qdict = QueryDict(None, mutable=True)
     elif isinstance(qdict, QueryDict):
         qdict = qdict.copy()
     elif isinstance(qdict, basestring):
         if qdict.startswith('?'):
             qdict = qdict[1:]
         qdict = QueryDict(qdict, mutable=True)
     else:
         # Accept any old dict or list of pairs.
         try:
             pairs = qdict.items()
         except:
             pairs = qdict
         qdict = QueryDict(None, mutable=True)
         # Enter each pair into QueryDict object:
         try:
             for k, v in pairs:
                 # Convert values to unicode so that detecting
                 # membership works for numbers.
                 if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                     for e in v:
                         qdict.appendlist(k, unicode(e))
                 else:
                     qdict.appendlist(k, unicode(v))
         except:
             # Wrong data structure, qdict remains empty.
             pass
     return qdict
 def _get_initial_query_dict(self, qdict):
     if not qdict:
         qdict = QueryDict(None, mutable=True)
     elif isinstance(qdict, QueryDict):
         qdict = qdict.copy()
     elif isinstance(qdict, basestring):
         if qdict.startswith('?'):
             qdict = qdict[1:]
         qdict = QueryDict(qdict, mutable=True)
     else:
         # Accept any old dict or list of pairs.
         try:
             pairs = qdict.items()
         except:
             pairs = qdict
         qdict = QueryDict(None, mutable=True)
         # Enter each pair into QueryDict object:
         try:
             for k, v in pairs:
                 # Convert values to unicode so that detecting
                 # membership works for numbers.
                 if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                     for e in v:
                         qdict.appendlist(k,unicode(e))
                 else:
                     qdict.appendlist(k, unicode(v))
         except:
             # Wrong data structure, qdict remains empty.
             pass
     return qdict