nested_update()

None nested_update	(	dict	target_dict,
		dict	new_dict
	)

Update a target dictionary recursively.

Consider the following example:

>>> d = {"a": {"b": 1}}
>>> d2 = {"a": {"c": 2}}
>>> d.update(d2)
>>> d
{'a': {'c': 2}}

With this function:

>>> d = {"a": {"b": 1}}
>>> d2 = {"a": {"c": 2}}
>>> d.update(d2)
>>> d
{'a': {'b': 1, 'c': 2}}

Parameters

target_dict	Output dictionary.
new_dict	Input dictionary with new values to update.