From cb22eb348db4e4258960abfa0edb86a43a71b41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:12:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Additions from the rest container

---
 tubesync/sync/fields.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tubesync/sync/fields.py b/tubesync/sync/fields.py
index 11adb5e2..9f90a362 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/fields.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/fields.py
@@ -129,8 +129,13 @@ class CommaSepChoiceField(models.CharField):
         '''
         Create a data structure to be used in Python code.
         '''
+        # possibly not useful?
+        if isinstance(value, CommaSepChoice):
+            value = value.selected_choices
+        # normally strings
         if isinstance(value, str) and len(value) > 0:
             value = value.split(self.separator)
+        # empty string and None, or whatever
         if not isinstance(value, list):
             value = list()
         self.selected_choices = value
@@ -161,6 +166,8 @@ class CommaSepChoiceField(models.CharField):
     # extra functions not used by any parent classes
     @staticmethod
     def _tuple__str__(data):
+        if not isinstance(data, CommaSepChoice):
+            return data
         value = data.selected_choices
         if not isinstance(value, list):
             return ''