dict syntax
I just found out something neat about Python’s dict syntax. First of
all, of course this works:
>>> d = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)But you can also stick dictionaries in there as the first argument. Go ahead, try it:
>>> d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
>>> d2 = dict(d, a=2, b=3)
>>> d2
{'a': 2, 'b': 3}It’s as if you called update on the dictionary. Neato, eh? It’s
especially useful in ming migrations.
