def set_node()

in core/util.py [0:0]

• 15 lines of code
• 6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def set_node(dict, path, value):
    keys = split_path(path)
    for i, key in enumerate(keys[:-1]):
        if not isinstance(dict, Mapping):
            raise Error(f"not an object: {'.'.join(keys[:i])} (type is {type(dict).__name__})")
        dict = dict.setdefault(key, {})
    if not isinstance(dict, Mapping):
        raise Error(f"not an object: {'.'.join(keys[:-1]) or 'None'} (type is {type(dict).__name__})")
    if keys:
        dict[keys[-1]] = value
        return
    if not isinstance(value, Mapping):
        raise Error(f"not an object: value type is {type(value).__name__}")
    dict.clear()
    dict.update(value)