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+//
+//  Dictionary+Helpers.swift
+//  react-native-ios-modal
+//
+//  Created by Dominic Go on 9/29/24.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+
+public extension Dictionary {
+  
+  mutating func merge(
+    withOther otherDict: Self,
+    shouldOverwriteValues: Bool = true
+  ){
+    self.merge(otherDict) {
+      shouldOverwriteValues ? $1 : $0;
+    };
+  };
+  
+  mutating func unwrapAndMerge(
+    withOther otherDict: Dictionary<Key, Value?>,
+    shouldOverwriteValues: Bool = true
+  ) {
+  
+    let filtered = otherDict.compactMapValues { $0 };
+    
+    self.merge(filtered) {
+      shouldOverwriteValues ? $1 : $0;
+    };
+  };
+  
+  func merging(
+    withOther otherDict: Self,
+    shouldOverwriteValues: Bool = true
+  ) -> Self {
+    self.merging(otherDict) {
+      shouldOverwriteValues ? $1 : $0;
+    };
+  };
+  
+  func unwrapBeforeMerging(
+    withOther otherDict: Dictionary<Key, Value?>,
+    shouldOverwriteValues: Bool = true
+  ) -> Self {
+    let filtered = otherDict.compactMapValues { $0 };
+    
+    return self.merging(filtered) {
+      shouldOverwriteValues ? $1 : $0;
+    };
+  };
+};