Just to add to the discussion this was brought up previously as part of PEP 448 unpacking generalizations that also added {**x, **y} to merge two dicts in Python 3.5.
Previous python ideas thread : https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-February/031748.html LWN summary : https://lwn.net/Articles/635397/ The previous thread is worth reading as some of the points still stand even with {**x, **y} added. On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:59 PM João Matos <jcrma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to propose that instead of using this (applies to Py3.5 and > upwards) > dict_a = {**dict_a, **dict_b} > > we could use > dict_a = dict_a + dict_b > > or even better > dict_a += dict_b > > > Best regards, > > João Matos > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Regards, Karthikeyan S
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