import json from collections.abc import Mapping def to_key(value): return json.dumps(value) def insert(value, index, values): key = to_key(value) if key not in index: index[key] = len(values) values.append(value) return len(values) - 1 return index.get(key) def flatten(data, index, values): if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)): flattened = [flatten(child, index, values) for child in data] elif isinstance(data, Mapping): flattened = {key: flatten(child, index, values) for key, child in data.items()} else: flattened = data return insert(flattened, index, values) def crunch(data): index = {} values = [] flatten(data, index, values) return values