How to change behavior of dict() for an instance

Question

So I\'m writing a class that extends a dictionary which right now uses a method \"dictify\" to transform itself into a dict. What I would like to do instead though is change it

Answer 1

Once you have your dictify function working just do

dict = dictify

Update: Here is a short way to have this recursive dict:

>>> def RecursiveDict():
...   return defaultdict(RecursiveDict)

Then you can:

d[1][2][3] = 5
d[1][2][4] = 6
>>> d
defaultdict(, {1: defaultdict(, {2: defaultdict(, {3: 5, 4: 6})})})

I don't see a neat way to implement dictify.