bpo-43245: Add keyword argument support to ChainMap.new_child() (GH-24788)

Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -72,19 +72,23 @@ The class can be used to simulate nested scopes and is useful in templating.
         be modified to change which mappings are searched.  The list should
         always contain at least one mapping.
 
-    .. method:: new_child(m=None)
+    .. method:: new_child(m=None, **kwargs)
 
         Returns a new :class:`ChainMap` containing a new map followed by
         all of the maps in the current instance.  If ``m`` is specified,
         it becomes the new map at the front of the list of mappings; if not
         specified, an empty dict is used, so that a call to ``d.new_child()``
-        is equivalent to: ``ChainMap({}, *d.maps)``.  This method is used for
+        is equivalent to: ``ChainMap({}, *d.maps)``. If any keyword arguments
-        creating subcontexts that can be updated without altering values in any
+        are specified, they update passed map or new empty dict. This method
-        of the parent mappings.
+        is used for creating subcontexts that can be updated without altering
+        values in any of the parent mappings.
 
         .. versionchanged:: 3.4
            The optional ``m`` parameter was added.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+           Keyword arguments support was added.
+
     .. attribute:: parents
 
         Property returning a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in

Lib/collections/__init__.py

@@ -1010,12 +1010,15 @@ def copy(self):
 
     __copy__ = copy
 
-    def new_child(self, m=None):                # like Django's Context.push()
+    def new_child(self, m=None, **kwargs):      # like Django's Context.push()
         '''New ChainMap with a new map followed by all previous maps.
         If no map is provided, an empty dict is used.
+        Keyword arguments update the map or new empty dict.
         '''
         if m is None:
-            m = {}
+            m = kwargs
+        elif kwargs:
+            m.update(kwargs)
         return self.__class__(m, *self.maps)
 
     @property

Lib/test/test_collections.py

@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ def __contains__(self, key):
         for k, v in dict(a=1, B=20, C=30, z=100).items():             # check get
             self.assertEqual(d.get(k, 100), v)
 
+        c = ChainMap({'a': 1, 'b': 2})
+        d = c.new_child(b=20, c=30)
+        self.assertEqual(d.maps, [{'b': 20, 'c': 30}, {'a': 1, 'b': 2}])
+
     def test_union_operators(self):
         cm1 = ChainMap(dict(a=1, b=2), dict(c=3, d=4))
         cm2 = ChainMap(dict(a=10, e=5), dict(b=20, d=4))

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-03-08-22-14-37.bpo-43245.nXL-MC.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add keyword arguments support to ``ChainMap.new_child()``.