Python Ordered Dictionary to regular Dictionary
<p>I have something like</p>

<pre><code>[('first', 1), ('second', 2), ('third', 3)]
</code></pre>

<p>and i want  a built in function to make something like</p>

<pre><code>{'first': 1, 'second': 2, 'third': 3}
</code></pre>

<p>Is anyone aware of a built-in python function that provides that instead of having a loop to handle it?</p>

<p>Needs to work with python >= 2.6</p>
