from collections import KeysView, ItemsView, ValuesView class DictSorted(dict): def __new__(*args, **kwargs): new_dict = dict.__new__(*args, **kwargs) new_dict.ordered_keys = [] return new_dict def __setitem__(self, key, value): '''self[key] = value syntax''' if key not in self.ordered_keys: self.ordered_keys.append(key) super().__setitem__(key, value) def setdefault(self, key, value): if key not in self.ordered_keys: self.ordered_keys.append(key) return super().setdefault(key, value) def keys(self): return KeysView(self) def values(self): return ValuesView(self) def items(self): return ItemsView(self) def __iter__(self): '''for x in self syntax''' return self.ordered_keys.__iter__()