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

[Masklinn]

On 2012-04-20, at 14:48 , Xavier Ho wrote:

> On 20 April 2012 22:47, Masklinn <masklinn at masklinn.net> wrote:
>> 
>> If you start from dict instances, you could always use:
>> 
>>   merged = dict(x, **y)
>> 
> 
> I heard that Guido wasn't a fan of this.

Works to merge two dicts in a single expression, if you don't
want to define a wrapper function and find a name for it.