Changelog
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The source code is hosted and maintained on `github <https://github.com/dschenck/easytree/>`_.

Version 1.0.1 (2026-02-07)
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    - fixed a bug where :code:`dict.pop` would not work on undefined nodes

Version 1.0.0 (2024-11-12)
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    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.Tree` class 
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.Node` class alias 
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.new` function
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.load` function
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.loads` function
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.dump` function
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.dumps` function
    - removed deprecated :code:`easytree.serialize` function
    - fixed bug on :code:`easytree.undefined.get`

Version 0.2.4 (2023-11-25)
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    - fixed a bug where :code:`dict.setdefault` would never set the default value

Version 0.2.3 (2023-09-14)
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    - maintain backward compatability with Python 3.6 and 3.7
    
Version 0.2.2 (2023-09-14)
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    - add missing methods to :code:`undefined` class
    - correct `bug #7 <https://github.com/dschenck/easytree/issues/7>`_

Version 0.2.1 (2023-09-09)
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    - optimize recursive casting
    - allow for subclassing of :code:`easytree.dict` and :code:`easytree.list`

Version 0.2.0 (2023-06-14)
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    - refactored library to create :code:`dict` and :code:`list` objects

Version 0.1.13 (2023-04-25)
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    - added :code:`type` function to help distinguish between node types (in lieu of :code:`isinstance`)

Version 0.1.12 (2022-02-14)
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    - added missing methods to perfectly ducktype dict (:code:`items`, :code:`keys`, :code:`values`, :code:`pop` and :code:`update`)
    - added :code:`deepget` method to query deeply in a tree

Version 0.1.11 (2021-09-30)
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    - added support for pickling and unpickling

Version 0.1.10 (2021-07-03)
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    - removed AmbiguityError when casting undefined node to dict node with integers

Version 0.1.9 (2021-06-21)
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    - fixed bug in complex inheritence

Version 0.1.8 (2021-06-13)
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    - formatted code using `Black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_
    - added convenience i/o functions (e.g. :code:`load` and :code:`dump`)
    - added support for :code:`abc.KeysView` and :code:`abc.ValuesView` values
    - merged root and node classes
    - refactored :code:`__value__` attribute to :code:`_value`
    - added support for freezing and sealing trees

Version 0.1.7 (2021-05-01)
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    - passing an :code:`easytree.Tree` object as an instanciation argument will copy the tree
    - added support for list slicing in list nodes
    - improved error messages
    - removed unncessary code in append method
    - factored out constants
    - :code:`repr` now delegates to underlying value
    - addressed ipython canary
    - added :code:`get` method for dict nodes
    - implemented :code:`__delitem__`, :code:`__delattr__` and :code:`__bool__`

Version 0.1.6 (2020-08-16)
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    - fixed a bug where overriding an attribute would fail if it was already in the node

Version 0.1.5 (2020-08-08)
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    - refactored the :code:`Tree` object into a :code:`Tree` and :code:`Node` object
    - removed the :code:`__new__` from the :code:`Tree` root object to allow for inheritence

Version 0.1.4 (2020-08-05)
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    - added context manager to return a reference to itself
    - addressed infinite recursion in :code:`__getattr__`
    - :code:`append` now returns a reference to last added node, if it is a node

Version 0.1.3 (2020-08-04)
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    - added the :code:`serialize` method to the tree

Version 0.1.2 (2020-08-03)
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    - overrode the :code:`__new__` method to filter out primitive and object types
    - added ability to check for contains

Version 0.1.1 (2020-08-02)
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    - added ability to :code:`append` dictionary using keyword arguments
    - added ability to iterate over a tree
    - added ability to compute the length of a tree (for list nodes and dict nodes)