cs-mappings 20250915
Facilities for mappings and objects associated with mappings.
Requires Python: >=3.6
Keywords: python2, python3

Facilities for mappings and objects associated with mappings.

*Latest release 20250915*:
change_mapping: fix test for modified mapping value.

In particular `named_column_tuple(column_names)`,
a function returning a factory
for namedtuples subclasses derived from the supplied column names,
and `named_column_tuples(rows)`,
a function returning a namedtuple factory and an iterable of instances
containing the row data.
These are used by the `csv_import` and `xl_import` functions
from `cs.csvutils`.

Short summary:
* `attrable`: Like `jsonable`, return `o` with `dicts` replaced by `AttrableMapping`s.
* `AttrableMapping`: A `dict` subclass using `AttrableMappingMixin`.
* `AttrableMappingMixin`: Provides a `__getattr__` which accesses the mapping value.
* `AttributableList`: An `AttributableList` maps unimplemented attributes onto the list members and returns you a new `AttributableList` with the results, ready for a further dereference.
* `change_mapping`: A trite function to set `mapping[key]=value` which issues a warning if the key is already present with a different value.
* `column_name_to_identifier`: The default function used to convert raw column names in `named_row_tuple`, for example from a CSV file, into Python indentifiers.
* `dicts_to_namedtuples`: Scan an iterable of `dict`s, yield a sequence of `namedtuple`s derived from them.
* `FallbackDict`: A dictlike object that inherits from another dictlike object; this is a convenience subclass of `defaultdict`.
* `IndexedMapping`: Interface to a mapping with `IndexedSetMixin` style `.by_*` attributes.
* `IndexedSetMixin`: A base mixin to provide `.by_`* attributes which index records from an autoloaded backing store, which might be a file or might be another related data structure. The records are themselves key->value mappings, such as `dict`s.
* `JSONableMappingMixin`: Provide `.from_json()`, `.as_json()` and `.append_ndjson()` methods, and `__str__=as_json` and a `__repr__`.
* `mapped_property`: A decorator for methods which present a mapping derived from `func`.
* `MappingChain`: OBSOLETE version of MappingChain, suggestion: collections.ChainMap.
* `MethodicalList`: A MethodicalList subclasses a list and maps unimplemented attributes into a callable which calls the corresponding method on each list members and returns you a new `MethodicalList` with the results, ready for a further dereference.
* `missingdict`: A little like `collections.defaultdict` but the factory function accepts the key of the missing item.
* `named_column_tuples`: Process an iterable of data rows, usually with the first row being column names. Return a generated `namedtuple` factory (the row class) and an iterable of instances of the namedtuples for each row.
* `named_row_tuple`: Return a `namedtuple` subclass factory derived from `column_names`. The primary use case is using the header row of a spreadsheet to key the data from the subsequent rows.
* `PrefixedMappingProxy`: A proxy for another mapping operating on keys commencing with a prefix.
* `RemappedMappingProxy`: A proxy for another mapping with translation functions between the external keys and the keys used inside the other mapping.
* `SeenSet`: A set-like collection with an optional backing store file.
* `SeqMapUC_Attrs`: A wrapper for a mapping from keys (matching the regular expression `^[A-Z][A-Z_0-9]*$`) to tuples.
* `StackableValues`: A collection of named stackable values with the latest value available as an attribute.
* `StrKeyedDefaultDict`: Subclass of `defaultdict` which ensures that its keys are of type `str` using `TypedKeyMixin`.
* `StrKeyedDict`: Subclass of `dict` which ensures that its keys are of type `str` using `TypedKeyMixin`.
* `TypedKeyClass`: Factory to create a new mapping class subclassing `(TypedKeyMixin,superclass)` which checks that keys are of type `key_type`.
* `TypedKeyMixin`: A mixin to check that the keys of a mapping are of a particular type.
* `UC_Sequence`: A tuple-of-nodes on which `.ATTRs` indirection can be done, yielding another tuple-of-nodes or tuple-of-values.
* `UUIDedDict`: A handy `dict` subtype providing the basis for mapping classes indexed by `UUID`s.
* `UUIDKeyedDefaultDict`: Subclass of `defaultdict` which ensures that its keys are of type `UUID` using `TypedKeyMixin`.
* `UUIDKeyedDict`: Subclass of `dict` which ensures that its keys are of type `UUID` using `TypedKeyMixin`.

Module contents:
- <a name="attrable"></a>`attrable(o)`: Like `jsonable`, return `o` with `dicts` replaced by `AttrableMapping`s.
- <a name="AttrableMapping"></a>`class AttrableMapping(builtins.dict, AttrableMappingMixin)`: A `dict` subclass using `AttrableMappingMixin`.
- <a name="AttrableMappingMixin"></a>`class AttrableMappingMixin`: Provides a `__getattr__` which accesses the mapping value.

*`AttrableMappingMixin.__getattr__(self, attr)`*:
Unknown attributes are obtained from the mapping entries.

Note that this first consults `self.__dict__`.
For many classes that is redundant, but subclasses of
`dict` at least seem not to consult that with attribute
lookup, likely because a pure `dict` has no `__dict__`.
- <a name="AttributableList"></a>`class AttributableList(builtins.list)`: An `AttributableList` maps unimplemented attributes
  onto the list members and returns you a new `AttributableList`
  with the results, ready for a further dereference.

  Example:

      >>> class C(object):
      ...   def __init__(self, i):
      ...     self.i = i
      >>> Cs = [ C(1), C(2), C(3) ]
      >>> AL = AttributableList( Cs )
      >>> print(AL.i)
      [1, 2, 3]

*`AttributableList.__init__(self, initlist=None, strict=False)`*:
Initialise the list.

The optional parameter `initlist` initialises the list
as for a normal list.

The optional parameter `strict`, if true, causes list elements
lacking the attribute to raise an AttributeError. If false,
list elements without the attribute are omitted from the results.
- <a name="change_mapping"></a>`change_mapping(mapping, key, value, mapping_name='mapping')`: A trite function to set `mapping[key]=value` which issues a
  warning if the key is already present with a different value.

  Functionally this is just:

      mapping[key] = value

  The optional `mapping_name` parameter may be used to provide
  a name for the mapping for use in the warning. The default
  is just `"mapping"`.

  Example:

      # update tags, expecting field_name to be a new key
      change_mapping(tags, field_name, field_value, "tags")
- <a name="column_name_to_identifier"></a>`column_name_to_identifier(column_name, snake_case=False)`: The default function used to convert raw column names in
  `named_row_tuple`, for example from a CSV file, into Python
  indentifiers.

  If `snake_case` is true (default `False`) produce snake cased
  identifiers instead of merely lowercased identifiers.
  This means that something like 'redLines' will become `red_lines`
  instead of `redlines`.
- <a name="dicts_to_namedtuples"></a>`dicts_to_namedtuples(dicts, class_name, keys=None)`: Scan an iterable of `dict`s,
  yield a sequence of `namedtuple`s derived from them.

  Parameters:
  * `dicts`: the `dict`s to scan and convert, an iterable
  * `class_name`: the name for the new `namedtuple` class
  * `keys`: optional iterable of `dict` keys of interest;
    if omitted then the `dicts` are scanned in order to learn the keys

  Note that if `keys` is not specified
  this generator prescans the `dicts` in order to learn their keys.
  As a consequence, all the `dicts` will be kept in memory
  and no `namedtuple`s will be yielded until after that prescan completes.
- <a name="FallbackDict"></a>`class FallbackDict(collections.defaultdict)`: A dictlike object that inherits from another dictlike object;
  this is a convenience subclass of `defaultdict`.
- <a name="IndexedMapping"></a>`class IndexedMapping(IndexedSetMixin)`: Interface to a mapping with `IndexedSetMixin` style `.by_*` attributes.

*`IndexedMapping.__init__(self, mapping=None, pk='id')`*:
Initialise the `IndexedMapping`.

Parameters:
* `mapping`: the mapping to wrap; a new `dict` will be made if not specified
* `pk`: the primary key of the mapping, default `'id'`

*`IndexedMapping.add_backend(self, record)`*:
Save `record` in the mapping.

*`IndexedMapping.scan(self)`*:
The records from the mapping.
- <a name="IndexedSetMixin"></a>`class IndexedSetMixin`: A base mixin to provide `.by_`* attributes
  which index records from an autoloaded backing store,
  which might be a file or might be another related data structure.
  The records are themselves key->value mappings, such as `dict`s.

  The primary key name is provided by the `.IndexedSetMixin__pk`
  class attribute, to be provided by subclasses.

  Note that this mixin keeps the entire loadable mapping in memory.

  Note that this does not see subsequent changes to loaded records
  i.e. changing the value of some record[k]
  does not update the index associated with the .by_k attribute.

  Subclasses must provide the following attributes and methods:
  * `IndexedSetMixin__pk`: the name of the primary key;
    it is an error for multiple records to have the same primary key
  * `scan`: a generator method to scan the backing store
    and yield records, used for the inital load of the mapping
  * `add_backend(record)`: add a new record to the backing store;
    this is called from the `.add(record)` method
    after indexing to persist the record in the backing store

  See `UUIDNDJSONMapping` and `UUIDedDict` for an example subclass
  indexing records from a newline delimited JSON file.

*`IndexedSetMixin.__len__(self)`*:
The length of the primary key mapping.

*`IndexedSetMixin.add(self, record, exists_ok=False)`*:
Add a record to the mapping.

This indexes the record against the various `by_`* indices
and then calls `self.add_backend(record)`
to save the record to the backing store.

*`IndexedSetMixin.scan(self)`*:
Scan the mapping records (themselves mappings) from the backing store,
which might be a file or another related data structure.
Yield each record as scanned.

*`IndexedSetMixin.scan_length`*:
The number of records encountered during the backend scan.
- <a name="JSONableMappingMixin"></a>`class JSONableMappingMixin`: Provide `.from_json()`, `.as_json()` and `.append_ndjson()` methods,
  and `__str__=as_json` and a `__repr__`.

*`JSONableMappingMixin.__str__(self)`*:
Return the `dict` transcribed as JSON.

If the instance's class has `json_default` or `json_separators` these
are used for the `default` and `separators` parameters of the `json.dumps()`
call.
Note that the default value of `separators` is `(',',':')`
which produces the most compact JSON form.

*`JSONableMappingMixin.append_ndjson(self, f)`*:
Append this object to `f`, a file or filename, as NDJSON.

*`JSONableMappingMixin.as_json(self)`*:
Return the `dict` transcribed as JSON.

If the instance's class has `json_default` or `json_separators` these
are used for the `default` and `separators` parameters of the `json.dumps()`
call.
Note that the default value of `separators` is `(',',':')`
which produces the most compact JSON form.

*`JSONableMappingMixin.from_json(js)`*:
Prepare a `dict` from JSON text.

If the class has `json_object_hook` or `json_object_pairs_hook`
attributes these are used as the `object_hook` and
`object_pairs_hook` parameters respectively of the `json.loads()` call.
- <a name="mapped_property"></a>`mapped_property(*da, **dkw)`: A decorator for methods which present a mapping derived from `func`.

  The optional decorator parameter `cached=True` causes computed
  values to be cached if true.
  If false then the mapping methods other than `__getitem__` and `get`
  raise `NotImplementedError`.

  Example:

      class Piper:

          def __init__(self, pipe_specs):
              self.pipe_specs = pipe_specs

          def makepipe(self, pipe_spec):
              return a pipeline ...

          @mapped_property
          def pipes(self, pipe_name):
              return self.makepipe(pipe_name)

      P = Piper({'pipe1': 'specification'})
      pipe = P.pipes[pipe_name]
- <a name="MappingChain"></a>`MappingChain(mappings=None, get_mappings=None)`: OBSOLETE version of MappingChain, suggestion: collections.ChainMap

  A mapping interface to a sequence of mappings.

  OBSOLETE: use collections.ChainMap instead.

  It does not support `__setitem__` at present;
  that is expected to be managed via the backing mappings.
- <a name="MethodicalList"></a>`class MethodicalList(AttributableList)`: A MethodicalList subclasses a list and maps unimplemented attributes
  into a callable which calls the corresponding method on each list members
  and returns you a new `MethodicalList` with the results, ready for a
  further dereference.

  Example:

      >>> n = 1
      >>> class C(object):
      ...   def __init__(self):
      ...     global n
      ...     self.n = n
      ...     n += 1
      ...   def x(self):
      ...     return self.n
      ...
      >>> Cs=[ C(), C(), C() ]
      >>> ML = MethodicalList( Cs )
      >>> print(ML.x())
      [1, 2, 3]

*`MethodicalList.__init__(self, initlist=None, strict=False)`*:
Initialise the list.

The optional parameter `initlist` initialises the list
as for a normal list.

The optional parameter `strict`, if true, causes list elements
lacking the attribute to raise an AttributeError. If false,
list elements without the attribute are omitted from the results.
- <a name="missingdict"></a>`class missingdict(builtins.dict)`: A little like `collections.defaultdict` but the factory
  function accepts the key of the missing item.

*`missingdict.__init__(self, missing: Callable[[Any], Any])`*:
Initialise the dict. `missing` is a callable accepting a
key and returning the corresponding key, which is also stored
in the dict.
- <a name="named_column_tuples"></a>`named_column_tuples(rows, class_name=None, column_names=None, computed=None, preprocess=None, mixin=None, snake_case=False)`: Process an iterable of data rows, usually with the first row being
  column names.
  Return a generated `namedtuple` factory (the row class)
  and an iterable of instances of the namedtuples for each row.

  Parameters:
  * `rows`: an iterable of rows, each an iterable of data values.
  * `class_name`: option class name for the namedtuple class
  * `column_names`: optional iterable of column names used as the basis for
    the namedtuple. If this is not provided then the first row from
    `rows` is taken to be the column names.
  * `computed`: optional mapping of str to functions of `self`
  * `preprocess`: optional callable to modify CSV rows before
    they are converted into the namedtuple.  It receives a context
    object an the data row.
    It should return the row (possibly modified), or `None` to drop the
    row.
  * `mixin`: an optional mixin class for the generated `namedtuple` subclass
    to provide extra methods or properties

  The context object passed to `preprocess` has the following attributes:
  * `.cls`: the generated namedtuple subclass;
    this is useful for obtaining things like the column names
    or column indices;
    this is `None` when preprocessing the header row, if any
  * `.index`: attribute with the row's enumeration, which counts from `0`
  * `.previous`: the previously accepted row's `namedtuple`,
    or `None` if there is no previous row;
    this is useful for differencing

  Rows may be flat iterables in the same order as the column names
  or mappings keyed on the column names.

  If the column names contain empty strings they are dropped
  and the corresponding data row entries are also dropped. This
  is very common with spreadsheet exports with unused padding
  columns.

  Typical human readable column headings, also common in
  speadsheet exports, are lowercased and have runs of whitespace
  or punctuation turned into single underscores; trailing
  underscores then get dropped.

  Basic example:

      >>> data1 = [
      ...   ('a', 'b', 'c'),
      ...   (1, 11, "one"),
      ...   (2, 22, "two"),
      ... ]
      >>> rowtype, rows = named_column_tuples(data1)
      >>> print(list(rows))
      [NamedRow(a=1, b=11, c='one'), NamedRow(a=2, b=22, c='two')]

  Human readable column headings:

      >>> data1 = [
      ...   ('Index', 'Value Found', 'Descriptive Text'),
      ...   (1, 11, "one"),
      ...   (2, 22, "two"),
      ... ]
      >>> rowtype, rows = named_column_tuples(data1)
      >>> print(list(rows))
      [NamedRow(index=1, value_found=11, descriptive_text='one'), NamedRow(index=2, value_found=22, descriptive_text='two')]

  Rows which are mappings:

      >>> data1 = [
      ...   ('a', 'b', 'c'),
      ...   (1, 11, "one"),
      ...   {'a': 2, 'c': "two", 'b': 22},
      ... ]
      >>> rowtype, rows = named_column_tuples(data1)
      >>> print(list(rows))
      [NamedRow(a=1, b=11, c='one'), NamedRow(a=2, b=22, c='two')]

  CSV export with unused padding columns:

      >>> data1 = [
      ...   ('a', 'b', 'c', '', ''),
      ...   (1, 11, "one"),
      ...   {'a': 2, 'c': "two", 'b': 22},
      ...   [3, 11, "three", '', 'dropped'],
      ... ]
      >>> rowtype, rows = named_column_tuples(data1, 'CSV_Row')
      >>> print(list(rows))
      [CSV_Row(a=1, b=11, c='one'), CSV_Row(a=2, b=22, c='two'), CSV_Row(a=3, b=11, c='three')]

  A mixin class providing a `test1` method and a `test2` property:

      >>> class Mixin(object):
      ...   def test1(self):
      ...     return "test1"
      ...   @property
      ...   def test2(self):
      ...     return "test2"
      >>> data1 = [
      ...   ('a', 'b', 'c'),
      ...   (1, 11, "one"),
      ...   {'a': 2, 'c': "two", 'b': 22},
      ... ]
      >>> rowtype, rows = named_column_tuples(data1, mixin=Mixin)
      >>> rows = list(rows)
      >>> rows[0].test1()
      'test1'
      >>> rows[0].test2
      'test2'
- <a name="named_row_tuple"></a>`named_row_tuple(*column_names, class_name=None, computed=None, column_map=None, snake_case=False, mixin=None)`: Return a `namedtuple` subclass factory derived from `column_names`.
  The primary use case is using the header row of a spreadsheet
  to key the data from the subsequent rows.

  Parameters:
  * `column_names`: an iterable of `str`, such as the heading columns
    of a CSV export
  * `class_name`: optional keyword parameter specifying the class name
  * `computed`: optional keyword parameter providing a mapping
    of `str` to functions of `self`; these strings are available
    via `__getitem__`
  * `mixin`: an optional mixin class for the generated namedtuple subclass
    to provide extra methods or properties

  The tuple's attributes are computed by converting all runs
  of nonalphanumerics
  (as defined by the `re` module's "\W" sequence)
  to an underscore, lowercasing and then stripping
  leading and trailing underscores.

  In addition to the normal numeric indices, the tuple may
  also be indexed by the attribute names or the column names.

  The new class has the following additional attributes:
  * `attributes_`: the attribute names of each tuple in order
  * `names_`: the originating name strings
  * `name_attributes_`: the computed attribute names corresponding to the
    `names`; there may be empty strings in this list
  * `attr_of_`: a mapping of column name to attribute name
  * `name_of_`: a mapping of attribute name to column name
  * `index_of_`: a mapping of column names and attributes their tuple indices

  Examples:

      >>> T = named_row_tuple('Column 1', '', 'Column 3', ' Column 4', 'Column 5 ', '', '', class_name='Example')
      >>> T.attributes_
      ['column_1', 'column_3', 'column_4', 'column_5']
      >>> row = T('val1', 'dropped', 'val3', 4, 5, 6, 7)
      >>> row
      Example(column_1='val1', column_3='val3', column_4=4, column_5=5)
- <a name="PrefixedMappingProxy"></a>`class PrefixedMappingProxy(RemappedMappingProxy)`: A proxy for another mapping
  operating on keys commencing with a prefix.

*`PrefixedMappingProxy.keys(self)`*:
Yield the post-prefix suffix of the keys in `self.mapping`.

*`PrefixedMappingProxy.prefixify_subkey(subk, prefix)`*:
Return the external (prefixed) key from a subkey `subk`.

*`PrefixedMappingProxy.unprefixify_key(key, prefix)`*:
Return the internal subkey (unprefixed) from the external `key`.
- <a name="RemappedMappingProxy"></a>`class RemappedMappingProxy`: A proxy for another mapping
  with translation functions between the external keys
  and the keys used inside the other mapping.

  Example:

      >>> proxy = RemappedMappingProxy(
      ...   {},
      ...   lambda key: 'prefix.' + key,
      ...   lambda subkey: cutprefix('prefix.', subkey))
      >>> proxy['key'] = 1
      >>> proxy['key']
      1
      >>> proxy.mapping
      {'prefix.key': 1}
      >>> list(proxy.keys())
      ['key']
      >>> proxy.subkey('key')
      'prefix.key'
      >>> proxy.key('prefix.key')
      'key'

*`RemappedMappingProxy.get(self, key, default=None)`*:
Return the value for key `key` or `default`.

*`RemappedMappingProxy.key(self, subk)`*:
Return the external key for `subk`.

*`RemappedMappingProxy.keys(self, select_key=None)`*:
Yield the external keys.

*`RemappedMappingProxy.subkey(self, key)`*:
Return the internal key for `key`.
- <a name="SeenSet"></a>`class SeenSet`: A set-like collection with an optional backing store file.

*`SeenSet.add(self, s, foreign=False)`*:
Add the value `s` to the set.

Parameters:
* `s`: the value to add
* `foreign`: default `False`:
  whether the value came from an outside source,
  usually a third party addition to the backing file;
  this prevents appending the value to the backing file.
- <a name="SeqMapUC_Attrs"></a>`class SeqMapUC_Attrs`: A wrapper for a mapping from keys
  (matching the regular expression `^[A-Z][A-Z_0-9]*$`)
  to tuples.

  Attributes matching such a key return the first element
  of the sequence (and requires the sequence to have exactly on element).
  An attribute `FOOs` or `FOOes`
  (ending in a literal 's' or 'es', a plural)
  returns the sequence (`FOO` must be a key of the mapping).
- <a name="StackableValues"></a>`class StackableValues`: A collection of named stackable values with the latest value
  available as an attribute.

  *DEPRECATED*: I now recommend my `cs.context.stackattrs` context
  manager for most uses; it may be applied to any object instead of
  requiring use of this class.

  Note that names conflicting with methods are not available
  as attributes and must be accessed via `__getitem__`.
  As a matter of practice, in addition to the mapping methods,
  avoid names which are verbs or which begin with an underscore.

  Example:

      >>> S = StackableValues()
      >>> print(S)
      StackableValues()
      >>> S.push('x', 1)
      >>> print(S)
      StackableValues(x=1)
      >>> print(S.x)
      1
      >>> S.push('x', 2)
      1
      >>> print(S.x)
      2
      >>> S.x = 3
      >>> print(S.x)
      3
      >>> S.pop('x')
      3
      >>> print(S.x)
      1
      >>> with S.stack(x=4):
      ...   print(S.x)
      ...
      4
      >>> print(S.x)
      1
      >>> S.update(x=5)
      {'x': 1}

*`StackableValues.__getattr__(self, attr)`*:
Convenience: present the top value of key `attr` as an attribute.

Note that attributes `push`, `pop` and the mapping method names
are shadowed by the instance methods
and should be accessed with the traditional `[]` key dereference.

*`StackableValues.__getitem__(self, key)`*:
Return the top value for `key` or raise `KeyError`.

*`StackableValues.__setattr__(self, attr, value)`*:
For nonunderscore attributes, replace the top element of the stack.

*`StackableValues.get(self, key, default=None)`*:
Get the top value for `key`, or `default`.

*`StackableValues.items(self)`*:
Mapping method returning an iterable of (name, value) tuples.

*`StackableValues.keys(self)`*:
Mapping method returning a list of the names.

*`StackableValues.pop(self, key)`*:
Pop and return the latest value for `key`.

*`StackableValues.push(self, key, value)`*:
Push a new `value` for `key`.
Return the previous value
or `None` if this is the first value for `key`.

*`StackableValues.stack(self, *a, **kw)`*:
Context manager which saves and restores the current state.
Any parameters are passed to `update()` after the save
but before the yield.

*`StackableValues.update(self, *ms, **kw)`*:
Update the mapping like `dict.update` method.
Return a mapping with the preupdate values
of the updated keys.

*`StackableValues.values(self)`*:
Mapping method returning an iterable of the values.
- <a name="StrKeyedDefaultDict"></a>`class StrKeyedDefaultDict(TypedKeyMixin, collections.defaultdict)`: Subclass of `defaultdict` which ensures that its
  keys are of type `str` using `TypedKeyMixin`.

*`StrKeyedDefaultDict.__init__(self, *a, **kw)`*:
Initialise the `TypedKeyDict`. The first positional parameter
is the type for keys.
- <a name="StrKeyedDict"></a>`class StrKeyedDict(TypedKeyMixin, builtins.dict)`: Subclass of `dict` which ensures that its
  keys are of type `str` using `TypedKeyMixin`.

*`StrKeyedDict.__init__(self, *a, **kw)`*:
Initialise the `TypedKeyDict`. The first positional parameter
is the type for keys.
- <a name="TypedKeyClass"></a>`TypedKeyClass(key_type, superclass, name=None)`: Factory to create a new mapping class subclassing
  `(TypedKeyMixin,superclass)` which checks that keys are of type
  `key_type`.
- <a name="TypedKeyMixin"></a>`class TypedKeyMixin`: A mixin to check that the keys of a mapping are of a particular type.

  The triggering use case is the constant UUID vs str(UUID) tension
  in a lot of database code.
- <a name="UC_Sequence"></a>`class UC_Sequence(builtins.list)`: A tuple-of-nodes on which `.ATTRs` indirection can be done,
  yielding another tuple-of-nodes or tuple-of-values.

*`UC_Sequence.__init__(self, Ns)`*:
Initialise from an iterable sequence.
- <a name="UUIDedDict"></a>`class UUIDedDict(builtins.dict, JSONableMappingMixin, AttrableMappingMixin)`: A handy `dict` subtype providing the basis for mapping classes
  indexed by `UUID`s.

  The `'uuid'` attribute is always a `UUID` instance.

*`UUIDedDict.__init__(self, _d=None, **kw)`*:
Initialise the `UUIDedDict`,
generating a `'uuid'` key value if omitted.

*`UUIDedDict.uuid`*:
A UUID from `self['uuid']`.

This does a sanity check that the stored value is a `UUID`,
but primarily exists to support the setter,
which promotes `str` to `UUID`, thus also validating UUID strings.
- <a name="UUIDKeyedDefaultDict"></a>`class UUIDKeyedDefaultDict(TypedKeyMixin, collections.defaultdict)`: Subclass of `defaultdict` which ensures that its
  keys are of type `UUID` using `TypedKeyMixin`.

*`UUIDKeyedDefaultDict.__init__(self, *a, **kw)`*:
Initialise the `TypedKeyDict`. The first positional parameter
is the type for keys.
- <a name="UUIDKeyedDict"></a>`class UUIDKeyedDict(TypedKeyMixin, builtins.dict)`: Subclass of `dict` which ensures that its
  keys are of type `UUID` using `TypedKeyMixin`.

*`UUIDKeyedDict.__init__(self, *a, **kw)`*:
Initialise the `TypedKeyDict`. The first positional parameter
is the type for keys.

# Release Log



*Release 20250915*:
change_mapping: fix test for modified mapping value.

*Release 20250528*:
New change_mapping(mapping,key,value[,mapping_name]) function which does mapping[key]=value with a warning on overwriting a value.

*Release 20250306*:
* Mark MappingChain as obsolete.
* New missingdict(factory:Callable[key]) type, like defaultdict but capable of key specific default values.
* New @mapped_property decorator to turn a key-based factory method into a mapping of key->value.
* Now requires Python >= 3.6 (for format strings, already in use previously).

*Release 20231129*:
AttrableMappingMixin: look up ATTRABLE_MAPPING_DEFAULT on the class, not the instance.

*Release 20230612*:
* AttrableMappingMixin.__getattr__: fast path the check for "ATTRABLE_MAPPING_DEFAULT", fixes unbound recursion.
* New attrable() function returning an object with dicts transmuted to AttrableMapping instances.

*Release 20220912.4*:
* TypedKeyMixin: add .get() and .setdefault().
* Provide names for UUIDKeyedDict, StrKeyedDefaultDict, UUIDKeyedDefaultDict.

*Release 20220912.3*:
* New TypedKeyClass class factory.
* Redo StrKeyedDict and UUIDKeyedDict using TypedKeyClass.
* New StrKeyedDefaultDict and UUIDKeyedDefaultDict convenience classes.

*Release 20220912.2*:
TypedKeyMixin: fix another typo.

*Release 20220912.1*:
TypedKeyMixin: remove debug, bugfix super() calls.

*Release 20220912*:
* New TypedKeyMixin to check that the keys of a mapping are of a particular type.
* New TypedKeyDict(TypedKeyMixin,dict) subclass.
* New StrKeyedDict and UUIDKeyedDict factories.

*Release 20220626*:
Expose the default column name mapping function of named_row_tuple as column_name_to_identifier for reuse.

*Release 20220605*:
* named_row_tuple et al: plumb a new optional snake_case parameter to snake case mixed case attribute names.
* Drop Python 2 support and the cs.py3 shims.

*Release 20220318*:
Bump cs.sharedfile requirement to get an import fix.

*Release 20211208*:
* PrefixedMappingProxy: swap to_subkey/from_subkey prefix/unprefix actions, were backwards.
* PrefixedMappingProxy: make the key and subkey conversion methods public static methods for reuse.
* Assorted minor internal changes.

*Release 20210906*:
New RemappedMappingProxy with general subkey(key) and key(subkey) methods.

*Release 20210717*:
* New IndexedMapping: wrapper for another mapping providing LoadableMappingMixin stype .by_* attributes.
* Rename LoadableMappingMixin to IndexedSetMixin and make it abstract, rename .scan_mapping to .scan, .add_to_mapping to .add etc.

*Release 20210306*:
StackableValues: fix typo, make deprecation overt.

*Release 20210123*:
AttrableMappingMixin.__getattr__: some bugfixes.

*Release 20201228*:
New PrefixedMappingProxy presenting the keys of another mapping commencing with a prefix.

*Release 20201102*:
* StackableValues is obsolete, add recommendation for cs.context.stackattrs to the docstring.
* New AttrableMappingMixin with a __getattr__ which looks up unknown attributes as keys.
* New JSONableMappingMixin with methods for JSON actions: from_json, as_json, append_ndjson and a __str__ and __repr__.
* New LoadableMappingMixin to load .by_* attributes on demand.
* New AttrableMapping(dict, AttrableMappingMixin).

*Release 20200130*:
New dicts_to_namedtuples function to yield namedtuples from an iterable of dicts.

*Release 20191120*:
named_row_tuple: support None in a column name, as from Excel unfilled heading row entries

*Release 20190617*:
* StackableValues.push now returns the previous value.
* StackableValues.update has a signature like dict.update.
* StackableValues.pop removes entries when their stack becomes empty.
* StackableValues.stack: clean implementation of save/restore.
* StackableValues: avoid infinite recursion through ._fallback.
* StackableValues.keys now returns a list of the nonempty keys.
* Update doctests.

*Release 20190103*:
Documentation update.

*Release 20181231*:
* Bugfix for mapping of column names to row indices.
* New subclass._fallback method for when a stack is empty.

*Release 20180720*:
Initial PyPI release specificly for named_column_tuple and named_column_tuples.