def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def update(self, *args, **kwargs):
        chain = []
        for arg in args:
            if isinstance(arg, dict):
                iterator = arg.items()
            else:
                iterator = arg
            chain = itertools.chain(chain, iterator)
        if kwargs:
            chain = itertools.chain(chain, kwargs.items())
        for key, value in iterator:
            self._collection[key] = self._from_python(key, value)