teach rebaseline_server how to compare results of multiple render_pictures runs

gm/rebaseline_server/results.py

 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 """
 Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 Repackage expected/actual GM results as needed by our HTML rebaseline viewer.
 """
@@ skipping 179 matching lines @@
       hashtype_and_digest: (hash_type, hash_digest) tuple, or None if we
           don't have a record of this image
       test_name: string; name of the GM test that created this image
     """
     if not hashtype_and_digest:
       return None
     return gm_json.CreateGmRelativeUrl(
         test_name=test_name,
         hash_type=hashtype_and_digest[0],
         hash_digest=hashtype_and_digest[1])
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def combine_subdicts(input_dict):
+    """ Flatten out a dictionary structure by one level.
+
+    Input:
+      {
+        "failed" : {
+          "changed.png" : [ "bitmap-64bitMD5", 8891695120562235492 ],
+        },
+        "no-comparison" : {
+          "unchanged.png" : [ "bitmap-64bitMD5", 11092453015575919668 ],
+        }
+      }
+
+    Output:
+      {
+        "changed.png" : [ "bitmap-64bitMD5", 8891695120562235492 ],
+        "unchanged.png" : [ "bitmap-64bitMD5", 11092453015575919668 ],
+      }
+
+    If this would result in any repeated keys, it will raise an Exception.
+    """
+    output_dict = {}
+    for key, subdict in input_dict.iteritems():
+      for subdict_key, subdict_value in subdict.iteritems():
+        if subdict_key in output_dict:
+          raise Exception('duplicate key %s in combine_subdicts' % subdict_key)
+        output_dict[subdict_key] = subdict_value
+    return output_dict