code: def to_list(item_or_list):
      
      if isinstance(item_or_list, list):
          return item_or_list
      elif isinstance(item_or_list, (str, bytes)):
          return [item_or_list]
      elif isinstance(item_or_list, Iterable):
          return list(item_or_list)
      else:
          return [item_or_list]
docs: Convert a single item, a tuple, a generator or anything else to a list.
  
      :param item_or_list: single item or iterable to convert
      :return: a list