listo

Listo is an enhanced version of the list type that aims to do the following:

• Make behavior more consistent. No more methods with "in-place" changes. Every method call returns a value
• Adds methods that are missing from the list type. For example, listo has a first method that returns self[0]
• A list of arguments passed in will be converted to a listo object, but a single argument that is an iterator will be unpacked into a listo object. This is useful for when you want to pass in a generator or other iterator into a function that expects a list

Usage

First install it via pip, poetry, or whatever you use

pip install listo

Then use it in your code

from listo import listo

lst = listo(1, 2, 3)
assert lst.first() == 1
assert lst.last() == 2

Usage: How listo handles initial arguments

For arguments passed in, it just converts them to a listo object

lst = listo(1, 2, 3)
assert lst == [1, 2, 3]

lst2 = listo([1, 2, 3]) # list is unpacked
assert lst2 == [1, 2, 3]

lst3 = listo((1, 2, 3)) # tuple is converted and unpacked
assert lst3 == [1, 2, 3]

lst4 = listo([1, 2, 3], (1, 2))  # Two args mean nothing is unpacked
assert lst4 == [[1, 2, 3], (1, 2)]

This is different from standard Python iterator behavior.

Maintenance

Code quality

make lint

Testing

make test

Releasing on PyPI

1. Update the version in pyproject.toml. We use semantic versioning
2. At the command line, run make tag
3. Go to releases page and click Draft a new release

Building the project locally

Go to the project root

pip install --upgrade build
python -m build

Test the project, forcing reinstall if necessary

pip install dist/listo-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl --force-reinstall