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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_option_list(self, name, section=None, vars=None, expect=None, separator=','):
 """Just like ``get_option`` but parse as a list using ``split``. """

        val = self.get_option(name, section, vars, expect)
        return val.split(separator) if val else []