from copy import deepcopy
[docs]def recursive_dict_update(input_dict: dict, updater_dict: dict) -> dict:
"""Recursively update a dictionary with another dictionary."""
# FIXME !
# This method cannot handle nested dictionaries
# that hold a reference to the dictionary that
# contains them. If such a dictionary is given
# to this function, it will reach the maximum
# recursion depth.
result_dict = deepcopy(input_dict)
for key, val in updater_dict.items():
if key in result_dict and isinstance(val, dict):
assert isinstance(result_dict[key], dict), result_dict[key]
result_dict[key] = recursive_dict_update(
result_dict[key], updater_dict[key],
)
else:
result_dict[key] = updater_dict[key]
return result_dict
[docs]def recursive_dict_update_inplace(
input_dict: dict, updater_dict: dict,
) -> None:
"""Recursively update a dictionary with another dictionary."""
# FIXME !
# This method cannot handle nested dictionaries
# that hold a reference to the dictionary that
# contains them. If such a dictionary is given
# to this function, it will reach the maximum
# recursion depth.
for key, val in updater_dict.items():
if key in input_dict and isinstance(val, dict):
assert isinstance(input_dict[key], dict), input_dict[key]
recursive_dict_update_inplace(
input_dict[key], updater_dict[key],
)
else:
input_dict[key] = updater_dict[key]