How do I test dictionary-equality with Python's doctest-package?

Question

I\'m writing a doctest for a function that outputs a dictionary. The doctest looks like

>>> my_function()
{\'this\': \'is\', \'a\': \'dictionary\'}
         


        

Answer 1

turn it into a list via dict.items() and then sort it ...

>>> l = my_function().items()
>>> l.sort()
>>> l
[('a', 'dictionary'), ('this', 'is')]