Python

Subject:	{}.items() backwards
Time:	9:50 pm.

Hi! I'm trying to find the best way to run the {}.items() function "backwards", that is, something like this
(in doctest lingo):

>>> myList = [('moose', 'Bullwinkle'), ('squirrel', 'Rocky')]
>>> backwardsItems(myList)
{'moose': 'Bullwinkle', 'squirrel': 'Rocky'}

I could do it by hand, of course, like

def backwardsItems():
    myDict = {}
    for myTuple in myList:
        myDict[myTuple[0]] = myTuple[1]
    return myDict

... but I wonder if that isn't slow when I'm doing it again and again to some large dictionaries, and I can't help but think there might be a built-in function for it, or at least some elegant and Pythonic way.

But I can't think of any. Your thoughts? Thanks!

[EDIT: When I posted this, I mistakenly used a comma instead of a colon after 'squirrel', making it totally confusing about what I wanted to do. Oops.]

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