(self, *a, **ka)
If the first parameter is a string, all keys are prefixed with this
            namespace. Apart from that it works just as the usual dict.update().
            Example: ``update('some.namespace', key='value')``
If the first parameter is a string, all keys are prefixed with this
            namespace. Apart from that it works just as the usual dict.update().
            Example: ``update('some.namespace', key='value')``
If the first parameter is a string all keys are prefixed with this namespace . Apart from that it works just as the usual dict . update () . Example : update ( some . namespace key = value )
def update(self, *a, **ka):
        ''' If the first parameter is a string, all keys are prefixed with this
            namespace. Apart from that it works just as the usual dict.update().
            Example: ``update('some.namespace', key='value')`` '''
        prefix = ''
        if a and isinstance(a[0], basestring):
            prefix = a[0].strip('.') + '.'
            a = a[1:]
        for key, value in dict(*a, **ka).items():
            self[prefix+key] = value
def update ( self , * a , * * ka ) : prefix = '' if a and isinstance ( a [ 0 ] , basestring ) : prefix = a [ 0 ] . strip ( '.' ) + '.' a = a [ 1 : ] for key , value in dict ( * a , * * ka ) . items ( ) : self [ prefix + key ] = value