code: def csv_to_list(csv_file):
      
      with open(csv_file, 'r' if PY3 else 'rb') as f:
          return list(csv.reader(f))
docs: Open and transform a CSV file into a matrix (list of lists).
  
      .. code:: python
  
          reusables.csv_to_list("example.csv")
          # [['Name', 'Location'],
          #  ['Chris', 'South Pole'],
          #  ['Harry', 'Depth of Winter'],
          #  ['Bob', 'Skull']]
  
      :param csv_file: Path to CSV file as str
      :return: list