keys and values lining up

[Felix Thibault]

This seems to me like it works, and is almost as straightforward
as k, v = d.keys(), d.values():

>>> d = {1:'a', 2:'b', 3:'c'}
>>> k = d.keys()
>>> k
[3, 2, 1]
>>> v = map(d.get, k)
>>> v
['c', 'b', 'a']
>>>

Felix