code: def starmapitems(function, dict_):
      
      ensure_mapping(dict_)
  
      if function is None:
          function = lambda k, v: (k, v)
      else:
          ensure_callable(function)
  
      return dict_.__class__(starmap(function, iteritems(dict_)))
docs: Return a new dictionary where the keys and values come from applying
      ``function`` to the keys and values of given dictionary.
  
      .. warning::
  
          If ``function`` returns a key-value pair with the same key
          more than once, it is undefined which value will be chosen
          for that key in the resulting dictionary.
  
      :param function: Function taking key and value as two arguments
                       and returning a new key-value pair, or None
                       (corresponding to identity function)
  
      .. versionadded:: 0.0.2