Return list columns as lists instead of tuples

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Bug Fixes
 ---------
 * Properly specify UDTs for columns in CREATE TABLE statements
 
+Other
+-----
+* Return list collection columns as python lists instead of tuples
+  now that tuples are a specific Cassandra type
+
 2.1.0b1
 =======
 July 11, 2014

cassandra/cqltypes.py

@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class _SimpleParameterizedType(_ParameterizedType):
 class ListType(_SimpleParameterizedType):
     typename = 'list'
     num_subtypes = 1
-    adapter = tuple
+    adapter = list
 
 
 class SetType(_SimpleParameterizedType):
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ class UserType(TupleType):
                                        'cassname': cls.cassname,
                                        'typename': udt_name,
                                        'fieldnames': field_names,
-                                       'keyspace': keyspace})
+                                       'keyspace': keyspace,
+                                       'mapped_class': None})
 
     @classmethod
     def cql_parameterized_type(cls):

tests/integration/standard/test_types.py

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class TypeTests(unittest.TestCase):
             1.25,  # float
             "1.2.3.4",  # inet
             12345,  # int
-            ('a', 'b', 'c'),  # list<text> collection
+            ['a', 'b', 'c'],  # list<text> collection
             sortedset((1, 2, 3)),  # set<int> collection
             {'a': 1, 'b': 2},  # map<text, int> collection
             "text",  # text
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ class TypeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         s.execute("INSERT INTO mytable (a, b, c, o, s, l, n) VALUES ('a', 'b', %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                   ('', '', '', [''], {'': 3}))
         self.assertEqual(
-            {'c': '', 'o': '', 's': '', 'l': ('', ), 'n': OrderedDict({'': 3})},
+            {'c': '', 'o': '', 's': '', 'l': [''], 'n': OrderedDict({'': 3})},
             s.execute("SELECT c, o, s, l, n FROM mytable WHERE a='a' AND b='b'")[0])
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            {'c': '', 'o': '', 's': '', 'l': ('', ), 'n': OrderedDict({'': 3})},
+            {'c': '', 'o': '', 's': '', 'l': [''], 'n': OrderedDict({'': 3})},
             s.execute(s.prepare("SELECT c, o, s, l, n FROM mytable WHERE a='a' AND b='b'"), [])[0])
 
         # non-string types shouldn't accept empty strings

tests/unit/test_marshalling.py

@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ marshalled_value_pairs = (
     (b'', 'ListType(FloatType)', None),
     (b'', 'SetType(LongType)', None),
     (b'\x00\x00', 'MapType(DecimalType, BooleanType)', OrderedDict()),
-    (b'\x00\x00', 'ListType(FloatType)', ()),
+    (b'\x00\x00', 'ListType(FloatType)', []),
     (b'\x00\x00', 'SetType(IntegerType)', sortedset()),
-    (b'\x00\x01\x00\x10\xafYC\xa3\xea<\x11\xe1\xabc\xc4,\x03"y\xf0', 'ListType(TimeUUIDType)', (UUID(bytes=b'\xafYC\xa3\xea<\x11\xe1\xabc\xc4,\x03"y\xf0'),)),
+    (b'\x00\x01\x00\x10\xafYC\xa3\xea<\x11\xe1\xabc\xc4,\x03"y\xf0', 'ListType(TimeUUIDType)', [UUID(bytes=b'\xafYC\xa3\xea<\x11\xe1\xabc\xc4,\x03"y\xf0')]),
 )
 
 ordered_dict_value = OrderedDict()