[Python-ideas] Have dict().update() return its own reference.

[Xavier Ho]

Hello,

What's the rationale behind the fact that `dict().update()` return nothing?
 If it returned the dictionary reference, at least we could chain methods,
or assign it to another variable, or pass it into a function, etc..

What's the design decision made behind this?

Cheers,
Xav
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