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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:59:40 +1100
Subject: Re: Amateur question on class definitions...
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:21 AM, J. Marc Edwards <jmarcedwards@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> =A0=A0=A0 ...a list of "a_workflows", i.e. a composite workflow, should I=
 use this
> syntax?
> =A0=A0=A0 set_of_workflows =3D list(a_workflow)
>

This would be usual:

set_of_workflows =3D [a_workflow]

Using the list() constructor directly is for when you have some other
iterable; for instance, a string is iterable over its characters:

>>> list("Hello")
['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

When you want to wrap up a single object in a list, square brackets
syntax is what you want.

ChrisA