Python: Map a function over recursive iterables

Question

I have an arbitrarily nested iterable like so:

numbers = (1, 2, (3, (4, 5)), 7)

and I\'d like to map a function over it without changing the st

Answer 1

I extended the notion of a recursive map to work on the standard python collections: list, dict, set, tuple:

def recursiveMap(something, func):
  if isinstance(something, dict):
    accumulator = {}
    for key, value in something.items():
      accumulator[key] = recursiveMap(value, func)
    return accumulator
  elif isinstance(something, (list, tuple, set)):
    accumulator = []
    for item in something:
      accumulator.append(recursiveMap(item, func))
    return type(something)(accumulator)
  else:
    return func(something)

This passes the following tests, which I'll include mostly as examples of usage:

from hypothesis                 import given
from hypothesis.strategies      import dictionaries, text
from server.utils               import recursiveMap


def test_recursiveMap_example_str():
  assert recursiveMap({'a': 1}, str) == {'a': '1'}
  assert recursiveMap({1: 1}, str) == {1: '1'}
  assert recursiveMap({'a': {'a1': 12}, 'b': 2}, str) == {'a': {'a1': '12'}, 'b': '2'}
  assert recursiveMap([1, 2, [31, 32], 4], str) == ['1', '2', ['31', '32'], '4']
  assert recursiveMap((1, 2, (31, 32), 4), str) ==  ('1', '2', ('31', '32'), '4')
  assert recursiveMap([1, 2, (31, 32), 4], str) ==  ['1', '2', ('31', '32'), '4']


@given(dictionaries(text(), text()))
def test_recursiveMap_noop(dictionary):
  assert recursiveMap(dictionary, lambda x: x) == dictionary