Merge branch 'fix-7596' of https://github.com/kilburn/ansible into kilburn-fix-7596

lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1003,21 +1003,22 @@ def is_list_of_strings(items):
             return False
     return True
 
-def _listify(a):
-    if not isinstance(a, (list, tuple)):
-        return [a,]
-    else:
-        return a
-
 def list_union(a, b):
-    set_a = set(_listify(a))
+    result = []
-    set_b = set(_listify(b))
+    for x in a:
-    return list(set_a.union(set_b))
+        if x not in result:
+            result.append(x)
+    for x in b:
+        if x not in result:
+            result.append(x)
+    return result
 
 def list_intersection(a, b):
-    set_a = set(_listify(a))
+    result = []
-    set_b = set(_listify(b))
+    for x in a:
-    return list(set_a.intersection(set_b))
+        if x in b and x not in result:
+            result.append(x)
+    return result
 
 def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
     '''