# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1422741585 -3600
# Node ID 9ddd8ed3295a2c1c60b8abfe94dfca79c471af23
# Parent  e2841274e1fbb6078ccdb12dbda164b5ff04856f
Fixed conversion to dictionary for multivalued definitions (such as FREEBUSY).

diff -r e2841274e1fb -r 9ddd8ed3295a vContent.py
--- a/vContent.py	Thu Oct 09 22:50:12 2014 +0200
+++ b/vContent.py	Sat Jan 31 22:59:45 2015 +0100
@@ -620,19 +620,21 @@
     else:
         return codecs.open(stream_or_string, "w", encoding=(encoding or default_encoding))
 
-def items_to_dict(items):
+def items_to_dict(items, sections=None):
 
     """
     Return the given 'items' as a dictionary mapping names to tuples of the form
-    (value, attributes).
+    (value, attributes). Where 'sections' is provided, only items whose names
+    occur in the given 'sections' collection will be treated as groups or
+    sections of definitions.
     """
 
     d = {}
     for name, attr, value in items:
         if not d.has_key(name):
             d[name] = []
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            d[name].append((items_to_dict(value), attr))
+        if isinstance(value, list) and (not sections or name in sections):
+            d[name].append((items_to_dict(value, sections), attr))
         else:
             d[name].append((value, attr))
     return d
@@ -745,12 +747,12 @@
 
     return (writer_cls or StreamWriter)(_writer)
 
-def to_dict(node):
+def to_dict(node, sections=None):
 
     "Return the 'node' converted to a dictionary representation."
 
     name, attr, items = node
-    return {name : (isinstance(items, list) and items_to_dict(items) or items, attr)}
+    return {name : (isinstance(items, list) and items_to_dict(items, sections) or items, attr)}
 
 def to_node(d):