How do I merge dictionaries the pythonic way? Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38987/how-can-i-merge-two-python-dictionaries-in-a-single-expression/26853961#26853961

dict_utils.py

def merge_dicts(*dict_args):
    """
    Given any number of dicts, shallow copy and merge into a new dict,
    precedence goes to key value pairs in latter dicts.
    """
    result = {}
    for dictionary in dict_args:
        result.update(dictionary)
    return result