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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 _set_people(self, people):
 """ Sets who the object is sent to """

        if hasattr(people, "object_type"):
            people = [people]
        elif hasattr(people, "__iter__"):
            people = list(people)

        return people