Checking Signature of Function Parameter

[Travis Parks]

On Aug 28, 5:31 pm, Chris Angelico <ros... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Travis Parks <jehugalea... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > if source is None: raise ValueError("")
> > if not isinstanceof(source, collections.iterable): raise TypeError("")
> > if not callable(predicate): raise TypeError("")
>
> Easier: Just ignore the possibilities of failure and carry on with
> your code. If the source isn't iterable, you'll get an error raised by
> the for loop. If the predicate's not callable, you'll get an error
> raised when you try to call it. The only consideration you might need
> to deal with is that the predicate's not callable, and only if you're
> worried that consuming something from your source would be a problem
> (which it won't be with the normal iterables - strings, lists, etc,
> etc). Otherwise, just let the exceptions be raised!
>
> ChrisA

I guess my concern is mostly with the delayed exceptions. It is hard
to find the source of an error when it doesn't happen immediately. I
am writing this library so all of the calls can be chained together
(composed). If this nesting gets really deep, finding the source is
hard to do, even with a good debugger.

Maybe I should give up on it, like you said. I am still familiarizing
myself with the paradigm. I want to make sure I am developing code
that is consistent with the industry standards.