Reverse zip() ?

[Stefan Behnel]

Zac Burns wrote:
> More succinct failure:
> 
> keys, values = zip(*{}.iteritems())

Simple fix:

  some_iterable = {}.iteritems()
  keys, values = zip(*list(some_iterable))

or:

  keys, values = zip(*(some_iterable
                       if isinstance(some_iterable, (list, tuple))
                       else list(some_iterable)))

Stefan