From 5ca8ee594f6fc6b7e3c413172109256f3f83df18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:04:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] If a for loop argument returns a native Python iterable then
 expand that iterable

---
 platypush/procedure/__init__.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
index cd1ff26c..f255b6bd 100644
--- a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
@@ -186,7 +186,14 @@ class LoopProcedure(Procedure):
         self.requests = requests
 
     def execute(self, _async=None, **context):
-        iterable = Request.expand_value_from_context(self.iterable, **context)
+        # noinspection PyBroadException
+        try:
+            iterable = eval(self.iterable)
+            if not hasattr(iterable, '__iter__'):
+                raise RuntimeError
+        except:
+            iterable = Request.expand_value_from_context(self.iterable, **context)
+
         response = Response()
 
         for item in iterable: