What does the list() function do in Python?

Question

I know that the list() constructor creates a new list but what exactly are its characteristics?

1. What happens when you call list((1,2,3,4,

Answer 1

Python has a well-established documentation set for every release version, readable at https://docs.python.org/. The documentation for list() states that list() is merely a way of constructing a list object, of which these are the listed ways:

• Using a pair of square brackets to denote the empty list: []
• Using square brackets, separating items with commas: [a], [a, b, c]
• Using a list comprehension: [x for x in iterable]
• Using the type constructor: list() or list(iterable)

The list() function accepts any iterable as its argument, and the return value is a list object.

Further reading: https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/stdtypes.html#typesseq-list