Recursively convert python object graph to dictionary

Question

I\'m trying to convert the data from a simple object graph into a dictionary. I don\'t need type information or methods and I don\'t need to be able to convert it back to an

Answer 1

def list_object_to_dict(lst):
    return_list = []
    for l in lst:
        return_list.append(object_to_dict(l))
    return return_list

def object_to_dict(object):
    dict = vars(object)
    for k,v in dict.items():
        if type(v).__name__ not in ['list', 'dict', 'str', 'int', 'float']:
                dict[k] = object_to_dict(v)
        if type(v) is list:
            dict[k] = list_object_to_dict(v)
    return dict