def __missing__(self, key):
        if self.default_factory is None:
            raise KeyError(key)
        else:
            ret = self[key] = self.default_factory(name=key)
            return ret
def add_dimension(cls, dataset, dimension, dim_pos, values, vdim):
        data = dataset.data.copy()
        if dimension.name not in data:
            data[dimension.name] = values
        return data