Method fixtype

Lib/test/string_tests.py:35–48

(self, obj)

    # as str objects. fixtype() can be used to propagate
    # these arguments to the appropriate type
    def fixtype(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, str):
            return self.__class__.type2test(obj)
        elif isinstance(obj, list):
            return [self.fixtype(x) for x in obj]
        elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
            return tuple([self.fixtype(x) for x in obj])
        elif isinstance(obj, dict):
            return dict([
               (self.fixtype(key), self.fixtype(value))
               for (key, value) in obj.items()
            ])
        else:
            return obj

    def test_fixtype(self):
        self.assertIs(type(self.fixtype("123")), self.type2test)