Yes, I know this subject has been covered before: Python idiom to chain (flatten) an infinite iterable of finite iterables? Flattening a shallow list in Python Comprehension for flattening a sequence of sequences? How do I make a flat list out of a list of lists? but as far as I know, all solutions, except for one, fail on a list like [[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]], 6], where the desired output is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] (or perhaps even better, an iterator). The only solution I saw that works for an arbitrary nesting is found in this question: def flatten(x): result = [] for el in x: if hasattr(el, "__iter__") and not isinstance(el, basestring): result.extend(flatten(el)) else: result.append(el) return result Is this the best approach? Did I overlook something? Any problems? Continue reading...
