Solusi lain yang mungkin adalah mengimplementasikan subkelas dari dict, yang menyimpan kamus asli dan melacak versi kebalikannya. Menjaga dua dicts terpisah dapat berguna jika kunci dan nilai tumpang tindih.
class TwoWayDict(dict):
def __init__(self, my_dict):
dict.__init__(self, my_dict)
self.rev_dict = {v : k for k,v in my_dict.iteritems()}
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
self.rev_dict.__setitem__(value, key)
def pop(self, key):
self.rev_dict.pop(self[key])
dict.pop(self, key)
# The above is just an idea other methods
# should also be overridden.
Contoh:
>>> d = {'a' : 1, 'b' : 2} # suppose we need to use d and its reversed version
>>> twd = TwoWayDict(d) # create a two-way dict
>>> twd
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
>>> twd.rev_dict
{1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
>>> twd['a']
1
>>> twd.rev_dict[2]
'b'
>>> twd['c'] = 3 # we add to twd and reversed version also changes
>>> twd
{'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}
>>> twd.rev_dict
{1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'}
>>> twd.pop('a') # we pop elements from twd and reversed version changes
>>> twd
{'c': 3, 'b': 2}
>>> twd.rev_dict
{2: 'b', 3: 'c'}