Synnefo

# documentation are those of the authors and should not be

# interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed

# or implied, of GRNET S.A.

def dict_merge(a, b):

    """

    name_path, node_path, basename = \

    lastnode = node_path.pop()

    try:

        if basename in lastnode:

            del lastnode[basename]

    """

    name_path, node_path, basename = \

    name_path.append(basename)

    node = node_path[-1]

    Traceback (most recent call last):

    KeyError: "'a.b.x': path not found"

    >>> set_path({'a': {'b': {'c': 'd'}}}, 'a.b.x.d', 1, createpath=True)

    >>> set_path({'a': {'b': {'c': 'd'}}}, 'a.b.c', 1)

    >>> set_path({'a': {'b': {'c': 'd'}}}, 'a.b.c', 1, overwrite=False)

    Traceback (most recent call last):

    ValueError: will not overwrite path 'a.b.c'

    """

    name_path, node_path, basename = \

    name_path.append(basename)

    node = node_path[-1]