A little bit more detail may be required to understand why you want this. As I currently read it, you're suggesting something that is mere visual only.
def f(d): d['a'] = 2 return d d = {1: 2} a = f(d) print(f'Is d and a the same? {d is a}') # "Is d and a the same? True" _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/S7ESKAYYYAE36VXN72CH374LQUVT5DPB/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/