def override_config_dict(config_dict: Any, overrides: List[str]) -> Any:
for override in overrides:
try:
key, _, value = override.rpartition("=")
path = key.split(".")
param_type = extract_nested_type(ConfigSchema, path)
# this is a bit of a hack; we should do something better
# but this is convenient for specifying lists of strings
# e.g. edge_paths
if has_origin(param_type, list):
value = value.split(",")
# Convert numbers (caution: ignore bools, which are ints)
if isinstance(param_type, type) \
and issubclass(param_type, (int, float)) \
and not issubclass(param_type, bool):
value = param_type(value)
inject_nested_value(config_dict, path, value)
except Exception as err:
raise RuntimeError("Can't parse override: %s" % override) from err
return config_dict
def test_mixed(self):
data = {"foo": [{"bar": True, "baz": [42, 43]}]}
inject_nested_value(data, ["foo", "0", "baz", "1"], 1)
self.assertEqual(data, {"foo": [{"bar": True, "baz": [42, 1]}]})
def test_empty(self):
with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
inject_nested_value({"foo": 42}, [], {"bar": 43})