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diff --git a/ipalib/dn.py b/ipalib/dn.py
index 1311b6ae0..0eac71166 100644
--- a/ipalib/dn.py
+++ b/ipalib/dn.py
@@ -1004,9 +1004,19 @@ class DN(object):
dn[:]
# Set the 2nd and 3rd RDN using slices (all are equivalent)
- dn[1:3] = ('cn', 'Bob), ('dc', 'redhat.com')
- dn[1:3] = [['cn', 'Bob], ['dc', 'redhat.com']]
- dn[1:3] = RDN('cn', 'Bob), RDN('dc', 'redhat.com')
+ dn[1:3] = ('cn', 'Bob'), ('dc', 'redhat.com')
+ dn[1:3] = [['cn', 'Bob'], ['dc', 'redhat.com']]
+ dn[1:3] = RDN('cn', 'Bob'), RDN('dc', 'redhat.com')
+
+ DN objects support the insert operation.
+
+ dn.insert(i,x) is exactly equivalent to dn[i:i] = [x], thus the following
+ are all equivalent:
+
+ dn.insert(i, ('cn','Bob'))
+ dn.insert(i, ['cn','Bob'])
+ dn.insert(i, RDN(('cn','Bob')))
+ dn[i:i] = [('cn','Bob')]
DN objects support equality testing and comparision. See RDN for the
definition of the comparision method.
@@ -1214,6 +1224,20 @@ class DN(object):
return self
+ def insert(self, i, x):
+ '''
+ x must be a 2-value tuple or list promotable to an RDN object,
+ or a RDN object.
+
+ dn.insert(i, x) is the same as s[i:i] = [x]
+
+ When a negative index is passed as the first parameter to the
+ insert() method, the list length is added, as for slice
+ indices. If it is still negative, it is truncated to zero, as
+ for slice indices.
+ '''
+ self.rdns.insert(i, self._rdn_from_value(x))
+
# The implementation of startswith, endswith, tailmatch, adjust_indices
# was based on the Python's stringobject.c implementation