[Python-ideas] Dict joining using + and +=

[Greg Ewing]

Rhodri James wrote:
> I have to go and look in the documentation because I 
> expect the union operator to be '+'.

Anyone raised on Pascal is likely to find + and * more
natural. Pascal doesn't have bitwise operators, so it
re-uses + and * for set operations. I like the economy
of this arrangement -- it's not as if there's any
other obvious meaning that + and * could have for sets.

-- 
Greg