using zip on dict keys and values
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I am a bit confused by this paragraph in python docs for `dict` class

> If items(), keys(), values(), iteritems(), iterkeys(), and
> itervalues() are called with no intervening modifications to the
> dictionary, the lists will directly correspond. This allows the
> creation of (value, key) pairs using zip(): pairs = zip(d.values(),
> d.keys())

what is meant by `called with no intervening modifications` ?

if I  receive a dict instance which was spewed out by some function(I have no way of knowing if the elements were modified since the dict was created)..can I still use the `zip(d.values(),d.keys())` ?