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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 _AsList(arg):
 """Encapsulates an argument in a list, if it's not already iterable."""

    if (isinstance(arg, string_types) or
        not isinstance(arg, collections.Iterable)):
      return [arg]
    else:
      return list(arg)