REAMDE maintenance
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
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parameters.
Merging of parameters is done recursively, meaning that lists and dictionaries
-are extended, rather than replaced. There is currently no way to remove or
-overwrite an existing value.
+are extended (recursively), rather than replaced. However, a scalar value
+*does* overwrite a dictionary or list value. While the scalar could be
+appended to an existing list, there is sane default assumption in the context
+of a dictionary, so this behaviour seems the most logical.
Finally, parameters may reference each other, including deep references, e.g.: