What is the difference between dict.items() and dict.iteritems() in Python2?

Question

Are there any applicable differences between dict.items() and dict.iteritems()?

From the Python docs:

dict.items(): Return a

Answer 1

If you want a way to iterate the item pairs of a dictionary that works with both Python 2 and 3, try something like this:

DICT_ITER_ITEMS = (lambda d: d.iteritems()) if hasattr(dict, 'iteritems') else (lambda d: iter(d.items()))

Use it like this:

for key, value in DICT_ITER_ITEMS(myDict):
    # Do something with 'key' and/or 'value'.