Ticket #3508: doc_MergeDict.diff

django/utils/datastructures.py

@@ -43 +43 @@
                 return True
         return False
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        '''
+        Returns something like
+
+            "{'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2', 'key3': 'val3'}"
+
+        instead of the generic "<object meta-data>" inherited from object.
+        '''
+        return str(dict(self.items()))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        '''
+        Returns something like
+
+            MergeDict({'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2'}, {'key3': 'val3'})
+
+        instead of generic "<object meta-data>" inherited from object.
+        '''
+        dictreprs = ', '.join(repr(d) for d in self.dicts)
+        return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__, dictreprs)
+
 class SortedDict(dict):
     "A dictionary that keeps its keys in the order in which they're inserted."
     def __init__(self, data=None):