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Subject: Re: suggestions, comments on an "is_subdict" test
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>> I'd like to ask for comments or advice on a simple code for testing a
>> "subdict", i.e. check whether all items of a given dictionary are
>> present in a reference dictionary.

Anything wrong with this?

def is_subdict(test_dct, base_dct):
    return test_dct <= base_dct and all(test_dct[k] == base_dct[k] for
k in test_dct)

 -[]z.