def stringify(data):
    '''
    Given an iterable, returns its items as a list, with any non-string items
    converted to unicode strings.
    '''
    ret = []
    for item in data:
        if six.PY2 and isinstance(item, str):
            item = salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(item)
        elif not isinstance(item, six.string_types):
            item = six.text_type(item)
        ret.append(item)
    return ret
def stringify ( data ) : ret = [ ] for item in data : if six . PY2 and isinstance ( item , str ) : item = salt . utils . stringutils . to_unicode ( item ) elif not isinstance ( item , six . string_types ) : item = six . text_type ( item ) ret . append ( item ) return ret
Given an iterable, returns its items as a list, with any non-string items
    converted to unicode strings.