Modifying the {} and [] tokens

[Dan Bishop]

Geoff Howland <ghowland at lupineNO.SPAMgames.com> wrote in message news:<mtqdkv8sdrmgrn02vugnbpuhtjsgel3ohb at 4ax.com>...
> I want to modify the {} and [] tokens to contain additional
> functionality they do not currently contain, such as being able to add
> dicts to dicts, and other things that would be very helpful for me and
> my team mates to have.

The only way to do that is to modify the C code for the interpreter.

Otherwise, you'll have to stick with

>>> class NewDict(dict):
...    def __add__(self, other):
...       result = self.copy()
...       result.update(other)
...       return result
...
>>> NewDict({1:2}) + NewDict({3:4})
{1: 2, 3: 4}