Update pandas/core/reshape/merge.py merge_type to dict

Co-authored-by: Matthew Roeschke <[email protected]>

Author: KevsterAmp

pandas/core/reshape/merge.py

@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ def __init__(
             raise MergeError(msg)
 
         # GH 59435: raise when "how" is not a valid Merge type
-        merge_type = ("left", "right", "inner", "outer", "cross", "asof")
+        merge_type = {"left", "right", "inner", "outer", "cross", "asof"}
         if how not in merge_type:
             raise ValueError(f"'{how}' is not a valid Merge type {merge_type}")