Allow providing full rows when dynamic columns are present

HISTORY.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 - The html format now supports importing from HTML content (#243)
 - The ODS format now supports importing from .ods files (#567). The support is
   still a bit experimental.
+- When adding rows to a dataset with dynamic columns, it's now possible to
+  provide only static values, and dynamic column values will be automatically
+  calculated and added to the row (#572).
 
 ### Changes
 

docs/tutorial.rst

@@ -278,6 +278,15 @@ Adding this function to our dataset as a dynamic column would result in: ::
     - {Age: 22, First Name: Kenneth, Gender: Male, Last Name: Reitz}
     - {Age: 20, First Name: Bessie, Gender: Female, Last Name: Monke}
 
+When you add new rows to a dataset that contains dynamic columns, you should
+either provide all values in the row, or only the non-dynamic values and then
+the dynamic values will be automatically generated using the function initially
+provided for the column calculation.
+
+..versionchanged:: 3.6.0
+
+    In older versions, you could only add new rows with fully-populated rows,
+    including dynamic columns.
 
 .. _tags:
 

src/tablib/core.py

@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ def __delitem__(self, key):
 
                 pos = self.headers.index(key)
                 del self.headers[pos]
+                if pos in self._dynamic_columns:
+                    del self._dynamic_columns[pos]
 
                 for i, row in enumerate(self._data):
 
@@ -241,7 +243,13 @@ def _set_in_format(self, fmt_key, in_stream, **kwargs):
     def _validate(self, row=None, col=None, safety=False):
         """Assures size of every row in dataset is of proper proportions."""
         if row:
-            is_valid = (len(row) == (self.width - len(self._dynamic_columns))) if self.width else True
+            if self.width:
+                is_valid = (
+                    len(row) == self.width or
+                    len(row) == (self.width - len(self._dynamic_columns))
+                )
+            else:
+                is_valid = True
         elif col:
             if len(col) < 1:
                 is_valid = True

tests/test_tablib.py

@@ -182,16 +182,39 @@ def test_add_column_with_header_and_data_exists(self):
     def test_add_callable_column(self):
         """Verify adding column with values specified as callable."""
 
-        def new_col(x):
-            return x[0]
+        def new_col(row):
+            return row[0]
+
+        def initials(row):
+            return f"{row[0][0]}{row[1][0]}"
 
         self.founders.append_col(new_col, header='first_again')
+        self.founders.append_col(initials, header='initials')
 
         # A new row can still be appended, and the dynamic column value generated.
         self.founders.append(('Some', 'One', 71))
+        # Also acceptable when all dynamic column values are provided.
+        self.founders.append(('Other', 'Second', 84, 'Other', 'OS'))
+
         self.assertEqual(
             self.founders['first_again'],
-            ['John', 'George', 'Thomas', 'Some']
+            ['John', 'George', 'Thomas', 'Some', 'Other']
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.founders['initials'],
+            ['JA', 'GW', 'TJ', 'SO', 'OS']
+        )
+
+        # However only partial dynamic values provided is not accepted.
+        with self.assertRaises(tablib.InvalidDimensions):
+            self.founders.append(('Should', 'Crash', 60, 'Partial'))
+
+        # Add a new row after dynamic column deletion
+        del self.founders['first_again']
+        self.founders.append(('After', 'Deletion', 75))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.founders['initials'],
+            ['JA', 'GW', 'TJ', 'SO', 'OS', 'AD']
         )
 
     def test_header_slicing(self):