Using valueAsText, giving me unicode data instead of a list

I am learning Python to create toolbox right now. When I'm trying to get the parameter, using valueAsText, the date returned is unicode instead of a list that I was expecting.

This is the code that I was using:

inFeatures = parameters[0].valueAsText

I was hoping the input data would be stroed in a list in this way, put when I use for loop, this is what I have:

    messages.addMessage(type(inFeatures))
    for inFeature in inFeatures:
        messages.addMessage(inFeature)

It is dividing the path into single characters.

Any way I could get the result in a list?

Thanks.