Function buildTagMap

pattern/web/soup/BeautifulSoup.py:1018–1035

Turns a list of maps, lists, or scalars into a single map. Used to build the SELF_CLOSING_TAGS, NESTABLE_TAGS, and NESTING_RESET_TAGS maps out of lists and partial maps.

(default, *args)

# Now, some helper functions.

def buildTagMap(default, *args):
    """Turns a list of maps, lists, or scalars into a single map.
    Used to build the SELF_CLOSING_TAGS, NESTABLE_TAGS, and
    NESTING_RESET_TAGS maps out of lists and partial maps."""
    built = {}
    for portion in args:
        if hasattr(portion, 'items'):
            #It's a map. Merge it.
            for k,v in portion.items():
                built[k] = v
        elif hasattr(portion, '__iter__'): # is a list
            #It's a list. Map each item to the default.
            for k in portion:
                built[k] = default
        else:
            #It's a scalar. Map it to the default.
            built[portion] = default
    return built

# Now, the parser classes.