docs: def get_all_counters(obj, instance_list=None):
      '''
      Get the values for all counters available to a Counter object
  
      Args:
  
          obj (str):
              The name of the counter object. You can get a list of valid names
              using the ``list_objects`` function
  
          instance_list (list):
              A list of instances to return. Use this to narrow down the counters
              that are returned.
  
              .. note::
                  ``_Total`` is returned as ``*``
      '''
      counters, instances_avail = win32pdh.EnumObjectItems(None, None, obj, -1, 0)
  
      if instance_list is None:
          instance_list = instances_avail
  
      if not isinstance(instance_list, list):
          instance_list = [instance_list]
  
      counter_list = []
      for counter in counters:
          for instance in instance_list:
              instance = '*' if instance.lower() == '_total' else instance
              counter_list.append((obj, instance, counter))
          else:  # pylint: disable=useless-else-on-loop
              counter_list.append((obj, None, counter))
  
      return get_counters(counter_list) if counter_list else {}