list 2 dict?

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The shorter version:
This doesn't need any x = iter(list) line. perhaps more useful if you
have a bunch of lists to be converted through out your code.

def dictit(lyst):
    i = 0
    while i < len(lyst):
        yield lyst[i], lyst[i+1]
        i = i + 2

l = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 'a', 8, 'b']

{d[0]:d[1] for d in dictit(l)} 3 again a dict comprehension

func = lambda l: {k[0]:k[1] for k in dictit(l)}
d = func(l)