[~] |7> a = {'one': 1}

[~]
|8> b = {'one': '1'}

[~]
|9> set(a.items()) | set(b.items())
set([('one', '1'), ('one', 1)])

[~]
|10> dict(set(a.items()) | set(b.items()))
{'one': 1}

I don't know what you've done here:

>>> a = {'one': 1}
>>> b = {'one': 1}
>>> set(a.items()) | set(b.items())
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On 3 January 2012 18:45, Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> wrote:
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|7> a = {'one': 1}

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|8> b = {'one': '1'}

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|9> set(a.items()) | set(b.items())
set(\[('one', '1'), ('one', 1)\])

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|10> dict(set(a.items()) | set(b.items()))
{'one': 1}

I don't know what you've done here:

>>> a = {'one': 1}
>>> b = {'one': 1}
>>> set(a.items()) | set(b.items())
{('one', 1)}
>>> dict(set(a.items()) | set(b.items()))
{'one': 1}
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However, your point remains:

>>> a = {'number': 1}
>>> b = {'number': 2}
>>> set(a.items()) | set(b.items())
{('number', 1), ('number', 2)}
\>>> dict(set(a.items()) | set(b.items()))
{'number': 2}
>>>
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