1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/settings.py b/pyramid/settings.py
index de91042eb..11587a8be 100644
--- a/pyramid/settings.py
+++ b/pyramid/settings.py
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ def aslist_cronly(value):
         value = filter(None, [x.strip() for x in value.splitlines()])
     return list(value)
 
-def aslist(value):
+def aslist(value, flatten=True):
+    """ Return a list of strings, separating the input based on newlines
+    and, if flatten=True (the default), also split on spaces within
+    each line."""
     values = aslist_cronly(value)
+    if not flatten:
+        return values
     result = []
     for value in values:
         subvalues = value.split()