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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 _convert_to_list(self, value, delimiters):
 """ Return a list value translating from other types if necessary. :param str value: The value to convert. """

        if not value:
            return []
        if delimiters:
            return [l.strip() for l in value.split(delimiters)]
        return [l.strip() for l in value.split()]