import sys def collect(values): result = [] _collect(values, result) return result def _collect(values, result): for value in values: if isinstance(value, list): _collect(value, result) elif value is not None: result.append(value) if sys.version_info[0] == 2: map = map filter = filter else: import builtins def map(*args, **kwargs): return list(builtins.map(*args, **kwargs)) def filter(*args, **kwargs): return list(builtins.filter(*args, **kwargs))