Best way to convert a list to a dictionary

[Remco Gerlich]

Michael Husmann wrote in comp.lang.python:
> d = {}
> for k, v in your_list:
>     d[k] = v
> 
> This example looks nice bus does not work with my Python 1.52. Trying to
> get both elements from 'your_list' produces a TypeError exception:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in ?
>     for (k,v) in l:
> TypeError: unpack non-sequence

That means that not all elements of l are tuples or lists as you said.
What does l look like?

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