[Python-ideas] Dict(x, y) -> Dict(zip(x, y))

[Koos Zevenhoven]

On Feb 15, 2016 02:31, "Oscar Benjamin" <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I often find myself writing dict(zip(x, y)). Maybe that's just me or
> maybe not but I would like it if it were possible to spell that simply
> as dict(x, y).
>

Not sure how useful this is, but what about {*keys : *values} ?

-- Koos
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