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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 from_names(cls, *names):
 """Create a new `ChannelList` from a list of names The list of names can include comma-separated sets of names, in which case the return will be a flattened list of all parsed channel names. """

        new = cls()
        for namestr in names:
            for name in cls._split_names(namestr):
                new.append(Channel(name))
        return new