Don't unnecessarily recast lists and dicts

[mudpy.git] / lib / mudpy / misc.py

diff --git a/lib/mudpy/misc.py b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
index 84d1a5e..c6fd97d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ class Element:
             default = []
         value = self.get(facet)
         if value:
-            return mudpy.data.makelist(value)
+            if type(value) is list:
+                return value
+            else:
+                return mudpy.data.makelist(value)
         else:
             return default
 
@@ -234,7 +237,10 @@ class Element:
             default = {}
         value = self.get(facet)
         if value:
-            return mudpy.data.makedict(value)
+            if type(value) is dict:
+                return value
+            else:
+                return mudpy.data.makedict(value)
         else:
             return default