* [gentoo-commits] portage r10794 - main/trunk/pym/portage/cache
@ 2008-06-25 22:49 Zac Medico (zmedico)
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From: Zac Medico (zmedico) @ 2008-06-25 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
Author: zmedico
Date: 2008-06-25 22:49:32 +0000 (Wed, 25 Jun 2008)
New Revision: 10794
Modified:
main/trunk/pym/portage/cache/mappings.py
Log:
Add docstring to slot_dict_class().
Modified: main/trunk/pym/portage/cache/mappings.py
===================================================================
--- main/trunk/pym/portage/cache/mappings.py 2008-06-25 22:39:42 UTC (rev 10793)
+++ main/trunk/pym/portage/cache/mappings.py 2008-06-25 22:49:32 UTC (rev 10794)
@@ -105,6 +105,17 @@
_slot_dict_classes = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
def slot_dict_class(keys):
+ """
+ Generates mapping classes that behave similar to a dict but store values
+ as object attributes that are allocated via __slots__. Instances of these
+ objects have a smaller memory footprint than a normal dict object.
+
+ @param keys: Fixed set of allowed keys
+ @type keys: iterable
+ @rtype: SlotDict
+ @returns: A class that constructs SlotDict instances
+ having the specified keys.
+ """
if isinstance(keys, frozenset):
keys_set = keys
else:
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