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Custom Dictionary Key to Multiple Values
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Custom Dictionary Key to Multiple Values

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Problem

How would you implement a custom dictionary where one key maps to multiple generic values, including the operations you would expose and their complexity?

Implement custom_dictionary(operations). Keys must be hashable, values may be any Python object, and values for each key must preserve insertion order. Each operation is a dictionary with op equal to add, get, remove, or contains. Return results for get, remove, and contains in operation order: get returns a list of values, remove returns whether one matching value was removed, and contains returns whether the key exists.

Constraints

  • 1 <= operations.length <= 10^5
  • Each key is hashable
  • Each operation has a valid operation name and required fields
  • Values may be duplicated and may be any Python object supporting equality comparison
  • Values for each key must be returned in insertion order

Function Signature

def custom_dictionary(operations):
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