diff --git a/vm/src/objdict.rs b/vm/src/objdict.rs
index 92497f4bb..ece1df349 100644
--- a/vm/src/objdict.rs
+++ b/vm/src/objdict.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn new(dict_type: PyObjectRef) -> PyObjectRef {
     )
 }
 
-fn get_elements(obj: &PyObjectRef) -> HashMap<String, PyObjectRef> {
+pub fn get_elements(obj: &PyObjectRef) -> HashMap<String, PyObjectRef> {
     if let PyObjectKind::Dict { elements } = &obj.borrow().kind {
         elements.clone()
     } else {
diff --git a/vm/src/objlist.rs b/vm/src/objlist.rs
index 95d106596..48169c6fc 100644
--- a/vm/src/objlist.rs
+++ b/vm/src/objlist.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn set_item(
     }
 }
 
-fn get_elements(obj: PyObjectRef) -> Vec<PyObjectRef> {
+pub fn get_elements(obj: PyObjectRef) -> Vec<PyObjectRef> {
     if let PyObjectKind::List { elements } = &obj.borrow().kind {
         elements.to_vec()
     } else {
diff --git a/vm/src/objsequence.rs b/vm/src/objsequence.rs
index b4c87d8ac..7647b0fcd 100644
--- a/vm/src/objsequence.rs
+++ b/vm/src/objsequence.rs
@@ -98,3 +98,11 @@ pub fn get_item(
         ))),
     }
 }
+
+pub fn get_elements(obj: PyObjectRef) -> Vec<PyObjectRef> {
+    if let PyObjectKind::Tuple { elements } = &obj.borrow().kind {
+        elements.to_vec()
+    } else {
+        panic!("Cannot extract list elements from non-list");
+    }
+}