philiprehberger-type-guard 0.1.4

Runtime type checking decorators for function arguments

philiprehberger-type-guard

Runtime type checking decorators for function arguments.

Installation

pip install philiprehberger-type-guard

Usage

Basic Usage

from philiprehberger_type_guard import guard

@guard
def greet(name: str, times: int = 1) -> str:
    return name * times

greet("hello", 3)     # Works fine
greet(123, 3)          # Raises TypeGuardError

Generic Types

@guard
def process(items: list[int], lookup: dict[str, float]):
    ...

process([1, 2, 3], {"a": 1.0})  # OK
process(["a"], {})               # TypeGuardError

Union Types

@guard
def flexible(value: int | str | None):
    ...

flexible(42)     # OK
flexible("hi")   # OK
flexible(None)   # OK
flexible(3.14)   # TypeGuardError

Global Toggle

from philiprehberger_type_guard import enable, disable

disable()  # Turn off all guards (e.g., in production)
enable()   # Turn back on

Error Details

from philiprehberger_type_guard import TypeGuardError

try:
    greet(123, 3)
except TypeGuardError as e:
    print(e.param)     # "name"
    print(e.expected)  # "str"
    print(e.actual)    # <class 'int'>
    print(e.value)     # 123

API

• @guard / @guard(enabled=True) — Decorator for runtime type checking
• enable() / disable() — Global toggle
• TypeGuardError — Raised on type mismatch (subclass of TypeError)

Development

pip install -e .
python -m pytest tests/ -v

License

MIT