[Python-Dev] Multiple dicts for string interpolation?

[Jack Jansen]

> the part you didn't like about that?  If so, how about changing the
> constructor to
> 
>     def __init__(self, *dicts):
>          ...
> 
> instead so you could use it as a one-liner
> 
>     format % MultiDict(d1, d2, ...)
> 
> ?  That's exactly the same as the tuple idea, except there's a nice
> descriptive word in the middle of it <wink>.

I've always wonderer why dict+dict isn't supported (or possibly dict|dict, if 
the key-collision semantics of + on dict are seen as a problem). Is there a 
good reason for this, or is it just that there are other more important things 
to implement?

This wouldn't be a replacement for all uses of MultiDict, as it would probably 
have to create a new dict to keep semantics in line with those of list+list
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