Merges a and b deeply with the following algorithm:

val c = a
for (key in b) {
    if (key in a && a[key] is Map && b[key] is Map) {
        c[key] = mergeMaps(a[key], b[key])
    } else {
        c[key] = b[key]
    }
}

Merges a and b deeply with the following algorithm:

val c = a
for (index in b) {
    if (index in a && a[index] is List && b[index] is List) {
        c[index] = mergeLists(a[index], b[index])
    } else {
        c[index] = b[index]
    }
}

Merges a and b deeply with the following algorithm:

val c = a
for (key in b) {
    if (key in a) {
        if (a[key] is Map && b[key] is Map) {
            c[key] = merge(a[key], b[key])
        }
        else if (a[key] is List && b[key] is List) {
            c[key] = merge(a[key], b[key])
        }
        else {
            c[key] = b[key]
        }
    } else {
        c[key] = b[key]
    }
}

Merges a and b deeply with the following algorithm:

val c = a
for (index in b) {
    if (index in a) {
        if (a[index] is Map && b[index] is Map) {
            c[index] = merge(a[index], b[index])
        }
        else if (a[index] is List && b[index] is List) {
            c[index] = merge(a[index], b[index])
        }
        else {
            c[index] = b[index]
        }
    } else {
        c[index] = b[index]
    }
}

Merges a and b deeply with the following algorithm:

val c = a
for (key in b) {
    if (key in a) {
        if (a[key] is Map && b[key] is Map) {
            c[key] = mergeAdding(a[key], b[key])
        }
        else if (a[key] is List && b[key] is List) {
            c[key] = a[key] + b[key]
        }
        else {
            c[key] = b[key]
        }
    } else {
        c[key] = b[key]
    }
}