types.rst

Type testing

isa(*types)

Returns function checking if its argument is of any of given types.

Split labels from ids:

labels, ids = lsplit(isa(str), values)

is_mapping(value) is_set(value) is_list(value) is_tuple(value) is_seq(value) is_iter(value)

These functions check if value is Mapping, Set, list, tuple, Sequence or iterator respectively.

is_seqcoll(value)

Checks if value is a list or a tuple, which are both sequences and collections.

is_seqcont(value)

Checks if value is a list, a tuple or an iterator, which are sequential containers. It can be used to distinguish between value and multiple values in dual-interface functions:

def add_to_selection(view, region):
    if is_seqcont(region):
        # A sequence of regions
        view.sel().add_all(region)
    else:
        view.sel().add(region)

iterable(value)

Tests if value is iterable.