Grammalecte  Check-in [1e120c280b]

        # Used as a key in a python dictionary.
        # Nodes are equivalent if they have identical arcs, and each identical arc leads to identical states.
        return self.__str__() == other.__str__()

    def getNodeAsDict (self):
        "returns the node as a dictionary structure"
        dNode = {}
        dReValue = {}   # regex for token values
        dReMorph = {}   # regex for morph
        dMorph = {}     # simple search in morph
        dReValue = {}       # regex for token values
        dReMorph = {}       # regex for morph
        dMorph = {}         # simple search in morph
        dReMultiMorph = {}  # regex for morph in multi-tokens
        dLemma = {}
        dPhonet = {}
        dMeta = {}
        dTag = {}
        dRule = {}
        for sArc, oNode in self.dArcs.items():
            if sArc.startswith("@") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dReMorph[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("$") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dMorph[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("&") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dReMultiMorph[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("~") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dReValue[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith(">") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dLemma[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("%") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dPhonet[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("*") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dMeta[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("/") and len(sArc) > 1:
                dTag[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            elif sArc.startswith("##"):
                dRule[sArc[1:]] = oNode.__hash__()
            else:
                dNode[sArc] = oNode.__hash__()
        if dReValue:
            dNode["<re_value>"] = dReValue
        if dReMorph:
            dNode["<re_morph>"] = dReMorph
        if dReMultiMorph:
            dNode["<re_mmorph>"] = dReMultiMorph
        if dMorph:
            dNode["<morph>"] = dMorph
        if dLemma:
            dNode["<lemmas>"] = dLemma
        if dPhonet:
            dNode["<phonet>"] = dPhonet
        if dTag: