opytional 0.1.0

opytional makes working with values that might be None safer and easier

opytional

opytional makes working with values that might be None safer and easier

• Free software: MIT license

• Documentation: https://opytional.readthedocs.io.

Inspired by C++’s std::optional.

import opytional as opyt



# opyt.or_value
# provides a fallback value when value is None

opyt.or_value(None, 'fallback') # returns 'fallback'

opyt.or_value('value', 'fallback') # returns 'value'



# opyt.or_else
# provides a fallback callable when value is None

opyt.or_else(None, lambda: 'fallback') # returns 'fallback'

opyt.or_else('value', lambda: 'fallback') # returns 'value'



# opyt.apply_if
# applies an operator to value when value is not None

opyt.apply_if(None, lambda x: x + ' world') # returns None

opyt.apply_if('hello', lambda x: x + ' world') # returns 'hello world'



# opyt.apply_if_or_value
# applies an operator to value when value is not None
# with a fallback value for when value is None

opyt.apply_if_or_value(None, lambda x: x + ' world', 'fallback')
# returns 'fallback'

opyt.apply_if_or_value('hello', lambda x: x + ' world', 'fallback')
# returns 'hello world'

opyt.apply_if_or_value('hello', lambda x: None, 'fallback') # returns None



# opyt.apply_if_or_else
# applies an operator to value when value is not None
# with a fallback callable for when value is None

opyt.apply_if_or_else(None, lambda x: x + ' world', lambda: 'fallback')
# returns 'fallback'

opyt.apply_if_or_value('hello', lambda x: x + ' world', lambda: 'fallback')
# returns 'hello world'

opyt.apply_if_or_value('hello', lambda x: None, lambda: 'fallback')
# returns None

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.

History

0.1.0 (2022-02-22)

• First release on PyPI.