Mini Shell

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def flatten_dict_to_keypairs(d, separator=':'):
    """Generator that produces sequence of keypairs for nested dictionaries.

    :param d: dictionaries which may be nested
    :param separator: symbol between names
    """
    for name, value in sorted(d.items()):
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            for subname, subvalue in flatten_dict_to_keypairs(value,
                                                              separator):
                yield '%s%s%s' % (name, separator, subname), subvalue
        else:
            yield name, value