The list() constructor in Python

The list constructor in Python is interesting because there are evidently more obvious ways to create lists, namely via square bracket notation.  However, using the constructor directly has a number of use cases.

Here are some syntactical examples of using the list constructor.

empty_list = list()

tuple_to_list = list( (1,2,3) )

string_to_list = list("constructor") # creates a list made of individual letters as elements