[Python-ideas] Adding "+" and "+=" operators to dict

[Ethan Furman]

On 02/12/2015 04:26 PM, Eric Snow wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
>> Or perhaps even a classmethod:
>>
>> dict.merged(a, b, c)
> 
> A dict factory classmethod like this is the best proposal I've seen
> thus far. *  It would be nice if the spelling were more succinct
> (that's where syntax is helpful).  Imagine:
> 
>   some_func(**dict.merged(a, b, c))

That looks an awful lot like

    some_func(**chainmap(a, b, c))

--
~Ethan~

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