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The Config Blender
A easy Python interview practice problem on DataDriven. Write and execute real python code with instant grading.
- Domain
- Python
- Difficulty
- easy
- Seniority
- junior, mid
Problem
The deployment system has base configs and environment-specific overrides, both as nested dictionaries. A simple dict update clobbers nested keys the team still needs. Write a function that deep-merges two config dicts so overrides win at every level without wiping out unrelated nested settings.
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