Useful stuff from the Python documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.ChainMap
>>> d = DeepChainMap({'zebra': 'black'}, {'elephant': 'blue'}, {'lion': 'yellow'})
>>> d['lion'] = 'orange' # update an existing key two levels down
>>> d['snake'] = 'red' # new keys get added to the topmost dict
>>> del d['elephant'] # remove an existing key one level down
>>> d # display result
DeepChainMap({'zebra': 'black', 'snake': 'red'}, {}, {'lion': 'orange'})