Using *arg syntax for lists

[elibixby]

Much easier usage for fixed length/small lists, much more pythonic for list comprehension etc.

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[elibixby]

Silly googlebot. I'm an employee.

[elibixby]

fixing tests.

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CLAs look good, thanks!

[elibixby]

Ugg it appears this is only supported in python 3. It is much nicer syntax however probably not worth accepting arbitrary kwargs via **kwargs and parsing them for python 2.7/6 compatibility.