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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 tolist(self):
 """ The fastest way to convert the vector into a python list. """

        the_list = []
        self._fill_list(self._root, self._shift, the_list)
        the_list.extend(self._tail)
        return the_list