Merge cc3a98d into 7e62ad1

inveniosoftware · Mar 13, 2019 · b19e003 · b19e003
2 parents 7e62ad1 + cc3a98d
commit b19e003
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/dictdiffer/__init__.py b/dictdiffer/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 
 def diff(first, second, node=None, ignore=None, path_limit=None, expand=False,
-         tolerance=EPSILON):
+         tolerance=EPSILON, dot_notation=True):
     """Compare two dictionary/list/set objects, and returns a diff result.
 
     Return an iterator with differences between two objects. The diff items
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ def _process_ignore_value(value):
 
     def dotted(node, default_type=list):
         """Return dotted notation."""
-        if all(map(lambda x: isinstance(x, string_types) and '.' not in x,
-                   node)):
+        if dot_notation and \
+            all(map(lambda x: isinstance(x, string_types) and '.' not in x,
+                node)):
             return '.'.join(node)
         else:
             return default_type(node)