import collections

class FrozenDict(collections.Mapping):
   """Don't forget the docstrings!!"""

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._d = dict(*args, **kwargs)
        self._hash = None

    def __iter__(self):
        return iter(self._d)

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self._d)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return self._d[key]

    def __hash__(self):
        # It would have been simpler and maybe more obvious to
        # use hash(tuple(sorted(self._d.iteritems()))) from this discussion
        # so far, but this solution is O(n). I don't know what kind of
        # n we are going to run into, but sometimes it's hard to resist the
        # urge to optimize when it will gain improved algorithmic performance.
        if self._hash is None:
            self._hash = 0
            for pair in self.iteritems():
                self._hash ^= hash(pair)
        return self._hash

>>> x = FrozenDict(a=1, b=2)
>>> y = FrozenDict(a=1, b=2)
>>> x is y
False
>>> x == y
True
>>> x == {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
True
>>> d = {x: 'foo'}
>>> d[y]
'foo'

def foo(config={'a': 1}):
    ...

def foo(config=None):
    if config is None:
        config = default_config = {'a': 1}
    ...

from types import MappingProxyType

default_config = {'a': 1}
DEFAULTS = MappingProxyType(default_config)

def foo(config=DEFAULTS):
    ...

>>> d
{'forever': 'atones', 'minks': 'cards', 'overhands': 'warranted',
 'hardhearted': 'tartly', 'gradations': 'snorkeled'}
>>> t = tuple((k, d[k]) for k in sorted(d.keys()))
>>> hash(t)
1524953596

if 3 / 2 == 1:
    version = 2
elif 3 / 2 == 1.5:
    version = 3

def col(i):
    ''' For binding named attributes to spots inside subclasses of tuple.'''
    g = tuple.__getitem__
    @property
    def _col(self):
        return g(self,i)
    return _col

class Item(tuple):
    ''' Designed for storing key-value pairs inside
        a FrozenDict, which itself is a subclass of frozenset.
        The __hash__ is overloaded to return the hash of only the key.
        __eq__ is overloaded so that normally it only checks whether the Item's
        key is equal to the other object, HOWEVER, if the other object itself
        is an instance of Item, it checks BOTH the key and value for equality.

        WARNING: Do not use this class for any purpose other than to contain
        key value pairs inside FrozenDict!!!!

        The __eq__ operator is overloaded in such a way that it violates a
        fundamental property of mathematics. That property, which says that
        a == b and b == c implies a == c, does not hold for this object.
        Here's a demonstration:
            [in]  >>> x = Item(('a',4))
            [in]  >>> y = Item(('a',5))
            [in]  >>> hash('a')
            [out] >>> 194817700
            [in]  >>> hash(x)
            [out] >>> 194817700
            [in]  >>> hash(y)
            [out] >>> 194817700
            [in]  >>> 'a' == x
            [out] >>> True
            [in]  >>> 'a' == y
            [out] >>> True
            [in]  >>> x == y
            [out] >>> False
    '''

    __slots__ = ()
    key, value = col(0), col(1)
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.key)
    def __eq__(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, Item):
            return tuple.__eq__(self, other)
        return self.key == other
    def __ne__(self, other):
        return not self.__eq__(other)
    def __str__(self):
        return '%r: %r' % self
    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Item((%r, %r))' % self

class FrozenDict(frozenset):
    ''' Behaves in most ways like a regular dictionary, except that it's immutable.
        It differs from other implementations because it doesn't subclass"dict".
        Instead it subclasses"frozenset" which guarantees immutability.
        FrozenDict instances are created with the same arguments used to initialize
        regular dictionaries, and has all the same methods.
            [in]  >>> f = FrozenDict(x=3,y=4,z=5)
            [in]  >>> f['x']
            [out] >>> 3
            [in]  >>> f['a'] = 0
            [out] >>> TypeError: 'FrozenDict' object does not support item assignment

        FrozenDict can accept un-hashable values, but FrozenDict is only hashable if its values are hashable.
            [in]  >>> f = FrozenDict(x=3,y=4,z=5)
            [in]  >>> hash(f)
            [out] >>> 646626455
            [in]  >>> g = FrozenDict(x=3,y=4,z=[])
            [in]  >>> hash(g)
            [out] >>> TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'

        FrozenDict interacts with dictionary objects as though it were a dict itself.
            [in]  >>> original = dict(x=3,y=4,z=5)
            [in]  >>> frozen = FrozenDict(x=3,y=4,z=5)
            [in]  >>> original == frozen
            [out] >>> True

        FrozenDict supports bi-directional conversions with regular dictionaries.
            [in]  >>> original = {'x': 3, 'y': 4, 'z': 5}
            [in]  >>> FrozenDict(original)
            [out] >>> FrozenDict({'x': 3, 'y': 4, 'z': 5})
            [in]  >>> dict(FrozenDict(original))
            [out] >>> {'x': 3, 'y': 4, 'z': 5}   '''

    __slots__ = ()
    def __new__(cls, orig={}, **kw):
        if kw:
            d = dict(orig, **kw)
            items = map(Item, d.items())
        else:
            try:
                items = map(Item, orig.items())
            except AttributeError:
                items = map(Item, orig)
        return frozenset.__new__(cls, items)

    def __repr__(self):
        cls = self.__class__.__name__
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        _repr = ', '.join(map(str,items))
        return '%s({%s})' % (cls, _repr)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key not in self:
            raise KeyError(key)
        diff = self.difference
        item = diff(diff({key}))
        key, value = set(item).pop()
        return value

    def get(self, key, default=None):
        if key not in self:
            return default
        return self[key]

    def __iter__(self):
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        return map(lambda i: i.key, items)

    def keys(self):
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        return map(lambda i: i.key, items)

    def values(self):
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        return map(lambda i: i.value, items)

    def items(self):
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        return map(tuple, items)

    def copy(self):
        cls = self.__class__
        items = frozenset.copy(self)
        dupl = frozenset.__new__(cls, items)
        return dupl

    @classmethod
    def fromkeys(cls, keys, value):
        d = dict.fromkeys(keys,value)
        return cls(d)

    def __hash__(self):
        kv = tuple.__hash__
        items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
        return hash(frozenset(map(kv, items)))

    def __eq__(self, other):
        if not isinstance(other, FrozenDict):
            try:
                other = FrozenDict(other)
            except Exception:
                return False
        return frozenset.__eq__(self, other)

    def __ne__(self, other):
        return not self.__eq__(other)


if version == 2:
    #Here are the Python2 modifications
    class Python2(FrozenDict):
        def __iter__(self):
            items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
            for i in items:
                yield i.key

        def iterkeys(self):
            items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
            for i in items:
                yield i.key

        def itervalues(self):
            items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
            for i in items:
                yield i.value

        def iteritems(self):
            items = frozenset.__iter__(self)
            for i in items:
                yield (i.key, i.value)

        def has_key(self, key):
            return key in self

        def viewkeys(self):
            return dict(self).viewkeys()

        def viewvalues(self):
            return dict(self).viewvalues()

        def viewitems(self):
            return dict(self).viewitems()

    #If this is Python2, rebuild the class
    #from scratch rather than use a subclass
    py3 = FrozenDict.__dict__
    py3 = {k: py3[k] for k in py3}
    py2 = {}
    py2.update(py3)
    dct = Python2.__dict__
    py2.update({k: dct[k] for k in dct})

    FrozenDict = type('FrozenDict', (frozenset,), py2)

>>> from types import MappingProxyType
>>> foo = MappingProxyType({'a': 1})
>>> foo
mappingproxy({'a': 1})
>>> foo['a'] = 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File"<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'mappingproxy' object does not support item assignment
>>> foo
mappingproxy({'a': 1})

def do_something(blah, optional_dict_parm=None):
    if optional_dict_parm is None:
        optional_dict_parm = {}

>>> from utilspie.collectionsutils import frozendict

>>> my_dict = frozendict({1: 3, 4: 5})
>>> my_dict  # object of `frozendict` type
frozendict({1: 3, 4: 5})

# Hashable
>>> {my_dict: 4}
{frozendict({1: 3, 4: 5}): 4}

# Immutable
>>> my_dict[1] = 5
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File"<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File"/Users/mquadri/workspace/utilspie/utilspie/collectionsutils/collections_utils.py", line 44, in __setitem__
    self.__setitem__.__name__, type(self).__name__))
AttributeError: You can not call '__setitem__()' for 'frozendict' object

MY_CONSTANT = {
    'something': 123,
    'something_else': 456
}

from collections import namedtuple

MY_CONSTANT = namedtuple('MyConstant', 'something something_else')(123, 456)

def freeze_dict(data):
    from collections import namedtuple
    keys = sorted(data.keys())
    frozen_type = namedtuple(''.join(keys), keys)
    return frozen_type(**data)

a = {'foo':'bar', 'x':'y'}
fa = freeze_dict(data)
assert a['foo'] == fa.foo

import cython
from collections import Mapping

cdef class dict_wrapper:
    cdef object d
    cdef int h

    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
        self.d = dict(*args, **kw)
        self.h = -1

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.d)

    def __iter__(self):
        return iter(self.d)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return self.d[key]

    def __hash__(self):
        if self.h == -1:
            self.h = hash(frozenset(self.d.iteritems()))
        return self.h

class FrozenDict(dict_wrapper, Mapping):
    def __repr__(self):
        c = type(self).__name__
        r = ', '.join('%r: %r' % (k,self[k]) for k in self)
        return '%s({%s})' % (c, r)

__all__ = ['FrozenDict']

from distutils.core import setup
from Cython.Build import cythonize

setup(
    ext_modules = cythonize('frozen_dict.pyx')
)

python setup.py build_ext --inplace
python setup.py install

pip install frozendict

from frozendict import frozendict

def smth(param = frozendict({})):
    pass

class MyFrozenDict:
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key == 'mykey1':
            return 0
        if key == 'mykey2':
            return"another value"
        raise KeyError(key)

a = MyFrozenDict()
print(a['mykey1'])

class frozen_dict(dict):
    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        raise Exception('Frozen dictionaries cannot be mutated')

frozen_dict = frozen_dict({'foo': 'FOO' })
print(frozen['foo']) # FOO
frozen['foo'] = 'NEWFOO' # Exception: Frozen dictionaries cannot be mutated

# OR

from types import MappingProxyType

frozen_dict = MappingProxyType({'foo': 'FOO'})
print(frozen_dict['foo']) # FOO
frozen_dict['foo'] = 'NEWFOO' # TypeError: 'mappingproxy' object does not support item assignment

class FrozenDict(dict):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._hash = None
        super(FrozenDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def __hash__(self):
        if self._hash is None:
            self._hash = hash(tuple(sorted(self.items())))  # iteritems() on py2
        return self._hash

    def _immutable(self, *args, **kws):
        raise TypeError('cannot change object - object is immutable')

    __setitem__ = _immutable
    __delitem__ = _immutable
    pop = _immutable
    popitem = _immutable
    clear = _immutable
    update = _immutable
    setdefault = _immutable

d1 = FrozenDict({'a': 1, 'b': 2})
d2 = FrozenDict({'a': 1, 'b': 2})
d1.keys()
assert isinstance(d1, dict)
assert len(set([d1, d2])) == 1  # hashable