Like for the list.sort() method, to remind you that this function operate by side effect, maybe it's better if it doesn't return the modified nested dict:
def setNested(nest, path, val):
nest2 = nest
for key in path[:-1]:
nest2 = nest2[key]
nest2[path[-1]] = val
Bye,
bearophile
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