concatenate two dictionaries

>>> dict_1 = {1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'}
>>> dict_2 = {4: 'd', 5: 'e', 6: 'f'}
>>> dict_1
{1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'}
>>> dict_2
{4: 'd', 5: 'e', 6: 'f'}
>>> dict_1.update(dict_2)
>>> dict_2
{4: 'd', 5: 'e', 6: 'f'}
>>> dict_1
{1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c', 4: 'd', 5: 'e', 6: 'f'}
>>>