def depends_on_helper(obj):
    """ Handles using .title if the given object is a troposphere resource.

    If the given object is a troposphere resource, use the `.title` attribute
    of that resource. If it's a string, just use the string. This should allow
    more pythonic use of DependsOn.
    """
    if isinstance(obj, AWSObject):
        return obj.title
    elif isinstance(obj, list):
        return list(map(depends_on_helper, obj))
    return obj