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- def merge_dicts(d1, d2):
- """Safely merges the contents of the dictionary d2 into dictionary d1.
- Unlike dict.update(), this is a non-destructive operation: a KeyError is
- raised if one of d2's keys already exists in d1.
- """
- # Based on timing tests, it's faster to scan for conflicts upfront and
- # then perform a bulk update. This presumes that, generally speaking,
- # the destination dictionary d1 will be larger (in item count) than d2.
- for key in d2.iterkeys():
- if key in d1:
- raise KeyError("destination dict already contains key '%s'" % key)
- d1.update(d2)
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