# Copyright 2014 Cloudscaling Group, Inc # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain # a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT # WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations # under the License. import copy def update_dict(dict1, dict2): """Get a copy of union of two dicts.""" res = copy.deepcopy(dict1) res.update(dict2) return res def purge_dict(dict1, trash_keys): """Get a copy of dict, removed keys.""" res = copy.deepcopy(dict1) for key in trash_keys: res.pop(key, None) return res def patch_dict(dict1, dict2, trash_iter): """Get a copy of union of two dicts, removed keys.""" res = update_dict(dict1, dict2) res = purge_dict(res, trash_iter) return res