'Executes a SELECT query on the named table, which may return zero or
more rows, returning the result as a list of dicts.
Args:
table (str): the table name
term (str | None):
term for searching the table matched to a column.
col (str): column to query term should be matched to
retcols (iterable[str]): the names of the columns to return
Returns:
defer.Deferred: resolves to list[dict[str, Any]] or None'

def _simple_search_list(self, table, term, col, retcols, desc='_simple_search_list'):

    return self.runInteraction(desc, self._simple_search_list_txn, table, term, col, retcols)
