Allow Listenable.merge() to use any iterable (#143675)

This is a very small change that fixes #143664.

Author: nate-thegrate

packages/flutter/lib/src/foundation/change_notifier.dart

@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ abstract class Listenable {
   /// Return a [Listenable] that triggers when any of the given [Listenable]s
   /// themselves trigger.
   ///
-  /// The list must not be changed after this method has been called. Doing so
-  /// will lead to memory leaks or exceptions.
+  /// Once the factory is called, items must not be added or removed from the iterable.
+  /// Doing so will lead to memory leaks or exceptions.
   ///
-  /// The list may contain nulls; they are ignored.
-  factory Listenable.merge(List<Listenable?> listenables) = _MergingListenable;
+  /// The iterable may contain nulls; they are ignored.
+  factory Listenable.merge(Iterable<Listenable?> listenables) = _MergingListenable;
 
   /// Register a closure to be called when the object notifies its listeners.
   void addListener(VoidCallback listener);
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ mixin class ChangeNotifier implements Listenable {
 class _MergingListenable extends Listenable {
   _MergingListenable(this._children);
 
-  final List<Listenable?> _children;
+  final Iterable<Listenable?> _children;
 
   @override
   void addListener(VoidCallback listener) {

packages/flutter/test/foundation/change_notifier_test.dart

@@ -314,6 +314,21 @@ void main() {
     log.clear();
   });
 
+  test('Merging change notifiers supports any iterable', () {
+    final TestNotifier source1 = TestNotifier();
+    final TestNotifier source2 = TestNotifier();
+    final List<String> log = <String>[];
+
+    final Listenable merged = Listenable.merge(<Listenable?>{source1, source2});
+    void listener() => log.add('listener');
+
+    merged.addListener(listener);
+    source1.notify();
+    source2.notify();
+    expect(log, <String>['listener', 'listener']);
+    log.clear();
+  });
+
   test('Merging change notifiers ignores null', () {
     final TestNotifier source1 = TestNotifier();
     final TestNotifier source2 = TestNotifier();