changeset 2177 | e2c193e1f631 |
parent 2073 | 6eb9b4652c80 |
--- a/app/soc/logic/dicts.py Mon Apr 13 15:30:48 2009 +0000 +++ b/app/soc/logic/dicts.py Mon Apr 13 15:31:39 2009 +0000 @@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ recursive: Determines whether merge_subdicts is recursive Returns: - the target dict, with any missing values from updates merged in, in-place. + a new dict, with any missing values from updates merged into target """ - if not target: - target = {} + target = target.copy() if target else {} for key, value in updates.iteritems(): if key not in target: