Pythonic Data Structures and Algorithms(Array 2)

"""
Implement Flatten Arrays.
Given an array that may contain nested arrays,
give a single resultant array.
function flatten(input){
}
Example:
Input: var input = [2, 1, [3, [4, 5], 6], 7, [8]];
flatten(input);
Output: [2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
"""
l = [2, 1, [3, [4, 5], 6], 7, [8]]

def list_flatten(l, a=None):

    if isinstance(a, (list, tuple)):

        a = list(a)
    else:
        a = []
    for i in l:
        if isinstance(i, (list, tuple)):
            #print a
            a = list_flatten(i, a)
        else:

            a.append(i)
    return a

#isinstance 参考博客http://blog.csdn.net/business122/article/details/7608176
print list_flatten(l)