Add mergewith[!](combine, dicts...)

NEWS.md

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Build system changes
 New library functions
 ---------------------
 
+* New functions `mergewith` and `mergewith!` supersede `merge` and `merge!` with `combine`
+  argument.  They don't have the restriction for `combine` to be a `Function` and also
+  provide one-argument method that returns a closure.  The old methods of `merge` and
+  `merge!` are still available for backward compatibility ([#34296]).
 * The new `isdisjoint` function indicates whether two collections are disjoint ([#34427]).
 
 New library features

base/abstractdict.jl

@@ -184,36 +184,52 @@ function merge!(d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
 end
 
 """
-    merge!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
+    mergewith!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) -> d
+    mergewith!(combine)
+    merge!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) -> d
 
 Update collection with pairs from the other collections.
 Values with the same key will be combined using the
-combiner function.
+combiner function.  The curried form `mergewith!(combine)` returns the
+function `(args...) -> mergewith!(combine, args...)`.
+
+Method `merge!(combine::Union{Function,Type}, args...)` as an alias of
+`mergewith!(combine, args...)` is still available for backward
+compatibility.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.5"
+    `mergewith!` requires Julia 1.5 or later.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> d1 = Dict(1 => 2, 3 => 4);
 
 julia> d2 = Dict(1 => 4, 4 => 5);
 
-julia> merge!(+, d1, d2);
+julia> mergewith!(+, d1, d2);
 
 julia> d1
 Dict{Int64,Int64} with 3 entries:
   4 => 5
   3 => 4
   1 => 6
 
-julia> merge!(-, d1, d1);
+julia> mergewith!(-, d1, d1);
 
 julia> d1
 Dict{Int64,Int64} with 3 entries:
   4 => 0
   3 => 0
   1 => 0
+
+julia> foldl(mergewith!(+), [d1, d2]; init=Dict{Int64,Int64}())
+Dict{Int64,Int64} with 3 entries:
+  4 => 5
+  3 => 0
+  1 => 4
 ```
 """
-function merge!(combine::Function, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
+function mergewith!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
     for other in others
         for (k,v) in other
             d[k] = haskey(d, k) ? combine(d[k], v) : v
@@ -222,6 +238,10 @@ function merge!(combine::Function, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
     return d
 end
 
+mergewith!(combine) = (args...) -> mergewith!(combine, args...)
+
+merge!(combine::Callable, args...) = mergewith!(combine, args...)
+
 """
     keytype(type)
 
@@ -287,12 +307,21 @@ merge(d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) =
     merge!(_typeddict(d, others...), others...)
 
 """
+    mergewith(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
+    mergewith(combine)
     merge(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
 
 Construct a merged collection from the given collections. If necessary, the
 types of the resulting collection will be promoted to accommodate the types of
 the merged collections. Values with the same key will be combined using the
-combiner function.
+combiner function.  The curried form `mergewith(combine)` returns the function
+`(args...) -> mergewith(combine, args...)`.
+
+Method `merge(combine::Union{Function,Type}, args...)` as an alias of
+`mergewith(combine, args...)` is still available for backward compatibility.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.5"
+    `mergewith` requires Julia 1.5 or later.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -306,14 +335,20 @@ Dict{String,Int64} with 2 entries:
   "bar" => 4711
   "baz" => 17
 
-julia> merge(+, a, b)
+julia> mergewith(+, a, b)
 Dict{String,Float64} with 3 entries:
   "bar" => 4753.0
   "baz" => 17.0
   "foo" => 0.0
+
+julia> ans == mergewith(+)(a, b)
+true
 ```
 """
-merge(combine::Function, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) =
+mergewith(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) =
+    mergewith!(combine, _typeddict(d, others...), others...)
+mergewith(combine) = (args...) -> mergewith(combine, args...)
+merge(combine::Callable, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) =
     merge!(combine, _typeddict(d, others...), others...)
 
 promoteK(K) = K

base/exports.jl

@@ -515,7 +515,9 @@ export
     mapfoldr,
     mapreduce,
     merge!,
+    mergewith!,
     merge,
+    mergewith,
     pairs,
     reduce,
     setdiff!,

doc/src/base/collections.md

@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ Base.keys
 Base.values
 Base.pairs
 Base.merge
-Base.merge!(::AbstractDict, ::AbstractDict...)
-Base.merge!(::Function, ::AbstractDict, ::AbstractDict...)
+Base.mergewith
+Base.merge!
+Base.mergewith!
 Base.sizehint!
 Base.keytype
 Base.valtype

test/dict.jl

@@ -924,14 +924,22 @@ let
     end
 end
 
+struct NonFunctionCallable end
+(::NonFunctionCallable)(args...) = +(args...)
+
 @testset "Dict merge" begin
     d1 = Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 2)
     d2 = Dict("B" => 3.0, "C" => 4.0)
     @test @inferred merge(d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 3, "C" => 4)
     # merge with combiner function
+    @test @inferred mergewith(+, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 5, "C" => 4)
+    @test @inferred mergewith(*, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 6, "C" => 4)
+    @test @inferred mergewith(-, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => -1, "C" => 4)
+    @test @inferred mergewith(NonFunctionCallable(), d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 5, "C" => 4)
+    @test foldl(mergewith(+), [d1, d2]; init=Dict{Union{},Union{}}()) ==
+        Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 5, "C" => 4)
+    # backward compatibility
     @test @inferred merge(+, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 5, "C" => 4)
-    @test @inferred merge(*, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 6, "C" => 4)
-    @test @inferred merge(-, d1, d2) == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => -1, "C" => 4)
 end
 
 @testset "Dict merge!" begin
@@ -940,12 +948,19 @@ end
     @inferred merge!(d1, d2)
     @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 3, "C" => 4)
     # merge! with combiner function
-    @inferred merge!(+, d1, d2)
+    @inferred mergewith!(+, d1, d2)
     @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 6, "C" => 8)
-    @inferred merge!(*, d1, d2)
+    @inferred mergewith!(*, d1, d2)
     @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 18, "C" => 32)
-    @inferred merge!(-, d1, d2)
+    @inferred mergewith!(-, d1, d2)
     @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 15, "C" => 28)
+    @inferred mergewith!(NonFunctionCallable(), d1, d2)
+    @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 18, "C" => 32)
+    @test foldl(mergewith!(+), [d1, d2]; init=empty(d1)) ==
+        Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 21, "C" => 36)
+    # backward compatibility
+    merge!(+, d1, d2)
+    @test d1 == Dict("A" => 1, "B" => 21, "C" => 36)
 end
 
 @testset "Dict reduce merge" begin