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Delete dict and subdict items of some name

Gnarlodious gnarlodious at gmail.com
Tue Dec 18 10:27:43 EST 2012 
On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:31:41 AM UTC-7, Hans Mulder wrote:
> On 18/12/12 06:30:48, Gnarlodious wrote:
> 
> > This problem is solved, I am so proud of myself for figuring it out!
> 
> > After reading some of these ideas I discovered the plist is really
> 
> > lists underneath any "Children" key:
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > from plistlib import readPlist
> 
> > 
> 
> > def explicate(listDicts):
> 
> > 	for dict in listDicts:
> 
> > 		if 'FavIcon' in dict:
> 
> > 			del dict['FavIcon']
> 
> > 		if 'Children' in dict:
> 
> > 			dict['Children']=explicate(dict['Children'])
> 
> > 	return listDicts
> 

> It would be more Pythonic to return None, to indicate that you've
> changed the list in situ.
> 
> Since None is the default return value, this means you can leave
> out the return statement.
But then it only operates on the outer layer, inner layers might get processed but not written. Unless I don't understand what you're saying.

--Gnarlie
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