Converting a list of tuples into a dict

by 
l = [
('a', 1),
('a', 2),
('a', 3),
('b', 1),
('b', 2),
('c', 1),
]

d = {}
for x, y in l:
    d.setdefault(x, []).append(y)
print d

produces:

{'a': [1, 2, 3], 'c': [1], 'b': [1, 2]}

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