Compress small text messages by just restricting the alphabet. Adds bidict.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bidict.py b/bidict.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+class bidict(dict):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(bidict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.inverse = {}
+        for key, value in self.items():
+            self.inverse.setdefault(value, []).append(key)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        if key in self:
+            self.inverse[self[key]].remove(key)
+        super(bidict, self).__setitem__(key, value)
+        self.inverse.setdefault(value, []).append(key)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        self.inverse.setdefault(self[key], []).remove(key)
+        if self[key] in self.inverse and not self.inverse[self[key]]:
+            del self.inverse[self[key]]
+        super(bidict, self).__delitem__(key)