In some applications, it's advantageous to be able to define a fixed length list.
The class provides all features as python internal type: list
The main focus of fixed length list is only keep certain number of items. "overflow" items will be discarded.
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'''
subclass from list, providing all features list has
the list size is fixed. overflow items will be discarded
'''
def __init__(self,l=0):
super(FixedlenList,self).__init__()
self.__length__=l #fixed length
def pop(self,index=-1):
super(FixedlenList, self).pop(index)
def remove(self,item):
self.__delitem__(item)
def __delitem__(self,item):
super(FixedlenList, self).__delitem__(item)
#self.__length__-=1
def append(self,item):
if len(self) >= self.__length__:
super(FixedlenList, self).pop(0)
super(FixedlenList, self).append(item)
def extend(self,aList):
super(FixedlenList, self).extend(aList)
self.__delslice__(0,len(self)-self.__length__)
def insert(self):
pass
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# test cases
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def test1():
l=FixedlenList(5)
l.append(1)
l.append(2)
l.append(3)
l.append(4)
l.append(5)
l.append(6)
print repr(l)=='[2, 3, 4, 5, 6]'
def test2():
l=FixedlenList(2)
l.extend([11,12,13])
print repr(l)=='[12, 13]'
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