[Python-ideas] Adding "+" and "+=" operators to dict

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>
wrote:

> - dict(a,b,c,d) takes 6 characters more to write than a+b+c+d.
>

and dict(a,b)

is three times as many characters as:

a + b

- just sayin'

I'm curious what the aversion is to having an operator -- sure, it's not a
big deal, but then again there's very little cost, as well. I can't really
see a "trap" here. Sure there are multiple ways it could be defined, but
having it act like update() seems pretty explainable.

-Chris



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