<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Create a function that takes a dictionary, a key and a value as parameters and adds the key and value to the given dictionary.
my_dict = { 'fruit': 'apple' }<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
def add_dict_entry(d, key, value):
    d[key] = value
    return d<|im_end|>
