Method to_dict

bson/son.py:200–215

Convert a SON document to a normal Python dictionary instance. This is trickier than just *dict(...)* because it needs to be recursive.

(self)

        return len(self.__keys)

    def to_dict(self) -> dict[_Key, _Value]:
        """Convert a SON document to a normal Python dictionary instance.

        This is trickier than just *dict(...)* because it needs to be
        recursive.
        """

        def transform_value(value: Any) -> Any:
            if isinstance(value, list):
                return [transform_value(v) for v in value]
            elif isinstance(value, _Mapping):
                return {k: transform_value(v) for k, v in value.items()}
            else:
                return value

        return cast("dict[_Key, _Value]", transform_value(dict(self)))

    def __deepcopy__(self, memo: dict[int, SON[_Key, _Value]]) -> SON[_Key, _Value]:
        out: SON[_Key, _Value] = SON()