Rust merging json

merge.rs

#[macro_use]
extern crate serde_json;

use serde_json::Value;

fn merge(a: &mut Value, b: &Value) {
    match (a, b) {
        (&mut Value::Object(ref mut a), &Value::Object(ref b)) => {
            for (k, v) in b {
                merge(a.entry(k.clone()).or_insert(Value::Null), v);
            }
        }
        (a, b) => {
            *a = b.clone();
        }
    }
}

fn main() {
    let mut a = json!({
        "title": "This is a title",
        "person" : {
            "firstName" : "John",
            "lastName" : "Doe"
        },
        "cities":[ "london", "paris" ]
    });

    let b = json!({
        "title": "This is another title",
        "person" : {
            "firstName" : "Jane"
        },
        "cities":[ "colombo" ]
    });

    merge(&mut a, &b);
    println!("{:#}", a);
}