from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
from typing import Any


def flatten(d: dict[Any, Any], parent: str = "", sep: str = ".") -> dict[Any, Any]:
    """
    Flatten dictionary keys.
    """
    ret: dict[Any, Any] = {}
    for key, value in d.items():
        new_key = str(sep.join([str(parent), str(key)]) if parent else key)
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            ret.update(flatten(value, new_key, sep=sep))
        else:
            ret[new_key] = value
    return ret


def exclude(d: dict[str, Any], *, keys: Iterable[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
    return {i: d[i] for i in d if i not in keys}


def compare_seq_of_dicts(
    seq1: Sequence[dict[str, Any]], seq2: Sequence[dict[str, Any]]
) -> bool:
    if len(seq1) != len(seq2):
        return False

    sorted_list1 = sorted(seq1, key=lambda x: sorted(x.items()))
    sorted_list2 = sorted(seq2, key=lambda x: sorted(x.items()))

    for dict1, dict2 in zip(sorted_list1, sorted_list2, strict=False):
        if dict1 != dict2:
            return False

    return True