def merge_section_dicts(lower, higher):
 for name in higher:
  if (name in lower):
   lower[name].update(higher[name], ignore_defaults=True)
  else:
   lower[name] = higher[name]
 return lower

def merge_section_dicts ( lower , higher ) : for name in higher : if ( name in lower ) : lower [ name ] . update ( higher [ name ] , ignore_defaults = True ) else : lower [ name ] = higher [ name ] return lower
merges the section dictionaries .