Converting integer to digit list

Question

What is the quickest and cleanest way to convert an integer into a list?

For example, change 132 into [1,3,2] an

Answer 1

Convert the integer to string first, and then use map to apply int on it:

>>> num = 132
>>> map(int, str(num))    #note, This will return a map object in python 3.
[1, 3, 2]

or using a list comprehension:

>>> [int(x) for x in str(num)]
[1, 3, 2]