lib.typechecks.*

Functions for checking types and type likeness

Provides

• is_stringlike()

• is_svg()

• check_shape_validity()

lib.typechecks.check_shape_validity(shape, maxshape)

Checks if shape is valid

Parameters:

• shape (Tuple[int, int, int]) – shape for grid to be checked

• maxshape (Tuple[int, int, int]) – maximum shape for grid

Return type:

bool

Returns:

True if yes, raises a ValueError otherwise

lib.typechecks.is_stringlike(obj)

Is obj string like

Parameters:

obj (object) – Object to be checked

Return type:

bool

Returns:

True if obj is instance of str, bytes or bytearray

lib.typechecks.is_svg(svg_bytes)

Checks if svg_bytes is an svg image

Parameters:

svg_bytes (bytes) – Data to be checked for being an SVG image

Return type:

bool

Returns:

True if svg_bytes seems to be an SVG image