code: def convert_the_getters(getters):
      
      return_list = []
      for getter in getters:
          
          if isinstance(getter,basestring):
              out_args = ""
              method_name = getter
              
          else:
              method_name, a = getter
              
              out_args = convert_the_args(a)
              
          return_list.append( (method_name, out_args) )
      return return_list
docs: A function used to prepare the arguments of calculator and atoms getter methods