[patch] formContents returning a dict

[Eoghan Murray]

Here is a patch that converts the output of DOM.formContents to a dictionary.

This has been raised as a difficulty before [1] and has bitten me a
few times when trying to edit the return value of formContents before
converting it to a query string.

In this patch, the previous format of:
[['name1', 'name2', 'name2'], ['value1', 'value2', 'value3']]
becomes:
{'name1': ['value1'], 'name2': ['value2', 'value3'] }
i.e. values are always stored in lists even if there is only one value.

This is backwards incompatible, but I've also updated Base.queryString
so that it still works with the new format.

If it is accepted I can update docs & version history.

Eoghan

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit/browse_thread/thread/5d970041f1696b10/a5fa33325d639cf4

[Per Cederberg]

I'd prefer a non-incompatible fix for this. One obvious improvement
would be to add a dict() function:

http://github.com/cederberg/mochikit-patches/blob/1e0dd2fcc3c80e1fe78f87d9ca7d9ba16b9eee09/MochiKit/Base.js#L71

But for forms, some values might be repeated so that wouldn't solve it
all. Actually, I don't know if the current formContents() handles that
correctly... For the proposed widget library I rewrote it as this:

http://github.com/cederberg/mochikit-patches/blob/1e0dd2fcc3c80e1fe78f87d9ca7d9ba16b9eee09/MochiKit/Widget.js#L963

None of the above is in the MochiKit repository yet due to lack of
time on my part. Been working full-time with other stuff for a while,
but I'm planning to come back to MochiKit eventually. And tend to the
issues reported in Trac and here on the list.

Anyway. I think the best solution might be to create a new
formContents (different name) to allow for an alternative API. We'd
then deprecate the old implementation and remove entirely eventually.
Improving the download packager, we might even provide a "strict"
version or so.

Cheers,

/Per