map-like function on dict values?

[Erik Max Francis]

Huaiyu Zhu wrote:

> Is there a way to do this
> 
> for k, v in dict.items():
>     dict[k] = f(v)
> 
> without involving a Python for loop?  I'd imagine that a function
> implemented in C could speed things up quite a bit.

In 2.2 you can use map on a dictionary; it is equivalent to mapping
against its keys.

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