qspec.convolve_dict  (  a ,  * key_lists ,  operator = '+' ,  short_keys = True  )[source]

Parameters:

adict

A dictionary to be convolved.

key_listsIterable

An arbitrary number of Iterables of the same length which include keys from 'a'.

operatorstr

The operator which is used to combine the key_lists.

short_keysbool

Whether to just use the keys of the first key_list or representations of the entire operations as the new keys.

Returns:

outdict | ValueError

A dictionary of the shape {key_lists[0] + key_lists[1] + ... : a[key_lists[0]] + a[key_lists[1]] + ... } if operator == '+'.