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On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Ian Lee <ianlee1521@gmail.com> wrote:

+1 for adding "+" or "|" operator for merging dicts. To me this operation:

>>> {'x': 1, 'y': 2} + {'z': 3}

{'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'z': 3}

Is very clear. The only potentially non obvious case I can see then is when there are duplicate keys, in which case the syntax could just be defined that last setter wins, e.g.:

>>> {'x': 1, 'y': 2} + {'x': 3}

{'x': 3, 'y': 2}

Which is analogous to the example:

new\_dict = dict1.copy()

new\_dict.update(dict2)

Well looking at just list

a + b yields new list

a += b yields modified a

then there is also .extend in list. etc.

so do we want to follow list's footstep? I like + because + is more natural to read. Maybe this needs to be a separate thread. I am actually amazed to remember dict + dict is not possible... there must be a reason (performance??) for this...