[Python-Dev] dict.supplement() (was Re: list.shift())

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

artcom0!pf@artcom-gmbh.de writes:
 > Note the similarities to {}.update(dict), but update replaces existing
 > entries in self, which is sometimes not desired.  I know, that supplement
 > can also simulated with:

Peter,
  I like this!

 > 	tmp = dict.copy()
 > 	tmp.update(self)
 > 	self.data = d

  I presume you mean "self.data = tmp"; "self.data.update(tmp)" would
be just a little more robust, at the cost of an additional update.


  -Fred

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