A Python3.6 extension that adds a string-keys-only, dict-like type with an emphasis on fast lookup. Presently this project is still in "beta", but passes the test suite. The test suite is a modified version of the CPython dict test suite.

Install using the provided setup.py script:

$ python3 setup.py install --user

Note that at least Python3.3 is required and that this is only known to work on Python3.6.

A version of either GCC or Clang that supports both C++17 and C11 is required.

You can use it just like a normal dict!

from StringDict import strdict

# you can use strdict() in a similar fashion to how dict() is used.
sd = strdict(apples = 100, oranges = "not apples")
print(sd)

for fruit, price in zip(('cherries', 'plums', 'peaches'), (1.25, 2.50, 0.75)):
        sd[fruit] = price

sd["self"] = sd

# for fun
sd.update(locals())

del sd['cherries']
print(sd)

strdict({'apples': 100, 'oranges': 'not apples'})
strdict({'apples': 100, 'oranges': 'not apples', 'plums': 2.5, 'peaches': 0.75, 'self': strdict({...}), '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None, '__loader__': <_frozen_importlib_external.SourceFileLoader object at 0x7f927c088160>, '__spec__': None, '__annotations__': {}, '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>, '__file__': 'example.py', '__cached__': None, 'strdict': <class 'strdict'>, 'sd': strdict({...}), 'fruit': 'peaches', 'price': 0.75})

• Timothy VanSlyke - vanslyke.t@husky.neu.edu

This project is licensed under the MIT License

Contributions and bug reports are welcome! Please submit any issues or pull requests through github.