# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals import copy def merge_to(source, dest): """ Merge dict and arrays (override scalar values) Keys from source override keys from dest, and elements from lists in source are appended to lists in dest. :param dict source: to copy from :param dict dest: to copy to (modified in place) """ for key, value in source.items(): # Override mismatching or empty types if type(value) != type(dest.get(key)): # noqa dest[key] = source[key] continue # Merge dict if isinstance(value, dict): merge_to(value, dest[key]) continue if isinstance(value, list): dest[key] = dest[key] + source[key] continue dest[key] = source[key] return dest def merge(*objects): """ Merge the given objects, using the semantics described for merge_to, with objects later in the list taking precedence. From an inheritance perspective, "parents" should be listed before "children". Returns the result without modifying any arguments. """ if len(objects) == 1: return copy.deepcopy(objects[0]) return merge_to(objects[-1], merge(*objects[:-1]))