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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 _to_tuple(self, _list):
 """ Recursively converts lists to tuples """

        result = list()
        for l in _list:
            if isinstance(l, list):
                result.append(tuple(self._to_tuple(l)))
            else:
                result.append(l)
        return tuple(result)