'This method allows you to set the items in the dict.
It takes a list of tuples - of the same sort returned by the ``items``
method.
>>> d = OrderedDict()
>>> d.setitems(((3, 1), (2, 3), (1, 2)))
>>> d
OrderedDict([(3, 1), (2, 3), (1, 2)])'

def setitems(self, items):

    self.clear()
    self.update(items)
