replace dict contents

[Tim Jarman]

On 27 Jul 2004, at 08:56, Robin Becker wrote:

> Is there a simple way to replace the contents of a dictionary entirely 
> with those of another.
>
> for lists we can do
>
> L1[:] = L2
>
> but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for dicts.
> -- 
> Robin Becker
> -- 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>

How about:

 >>> d1 = { "spam" : "eggs" }
 >>> d2 = { "gumby" : "my brain hurts!"}
 >>> d1 is d2
False
 >>> d1 = dict(d2)
 >>> d1
{'gumby': 'my brain hurts!'}
 >>> d1 is d2
False

HTH

Tim J