From 31868ee5af3a9f977311fbd6338e7e07aa99ea5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liamhuber <liamhuber@greyhavensolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:28:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make values easily accessible as a list

---
 pyiron_workflow/io.py   |  4 ++++
 pyiron_workflow/util.py |  4 ++++
 tests/unit/test_io.py   | 13 +++++++++++--
 tests/unit/test_util.py |  4 +++-
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyiron_workflow/io.py b/pyiron_workflow/io.py
index 9a540be4..2462aa71 100644
--- a/pyiron_workflow/io.py
+++ b/pyiron_workflow/io.py
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ def _assign_a_non_channel_value(self, channel: DataChannel, value) -> None:
     def to_value_dict(self):
         return {label: channel.value for label, channel in self.channel_dict.items()}
 
+    def to_list(self):
+        """A list of channel values (order not guaranteed)"""
+        return list(channel.value for channel in self.channel_dict.values())
+
     @property
     def ready(self):
         return all([c.ready for c in self])
diff --git a/pyiron_workflow/util.py b/pyiron_workflow/util.py
index eff32b27..b7ab487e 100644
--- a/pyiron_workflow/util.py
+++ b/pyiron_workflow/util.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
         for k, v in state.items():
             self.__dict__[k] = v
 
+    def to_list(self):
+        """A list of values (order not guaranteed)"""
+        return list(self.values())
+
 
 class SeabornColors:
     """
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_io.py b/tests/unit/test_io.py
index c03e5341..6aa23614 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_io.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class TestDataIO(TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         node = DummyNode()
         self.inputs = [
-            InputData(label="x", node=node, default=0, type_hint=float),
-            InputData(label="y", node=node, default=1, type_hint=float)
+            InputData(label="x", node=node, default=0., type_hint=float),
+            InputData(label="y", node=node, default=1., type_hint=float)
         ]
         outputs = [
             OutputData(label="a", node=node, type_hint=float),
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ def test_connections_property(self):
                 "connection"
         )
 
+    def test_to_list(self):
+        self.assertListEqual(
+            [0., 1.],
+            self.input.to_list(),
+            msg="Expected a shortcut to channel values. Order is explicitly not "
+                "guaranteed in the docstring, but it would be nice to appear in the "
+                "order the channels are added here"
+        )
+
 @skipUnless(version_info[0] == 3 and version_info[1] >= 10, "Only supported for 3.10+")
 class TestSignalIO(TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_util.py b/tests/unit/test_util.py
index f25df9f8..57c2abd9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_util.py
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ def test_dot_dict(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(dd['foo'], dd.foo, msg="Dot access should be equivalent.")
         dd.bar = "towel"
-        self.assertEqual("towel", dd["bar"], msg="Dot assignment should be equivalent.")
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.assertEqual("towel", dd["bar"], msg="Dot assignment should be equivalent.")
+
+        self.assertListEqual(dd.to_list(), [42, "towel"])