to_type() renamed to str_to_type()

README.md

@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ Controls what arguments are available to `eval()` function
 
 ### Standalone functions
 
-| Name         | Status  | Description                                                |
-|--------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `open_file`  | ☑ | Open a file                                                |
-| `close_file` | ☑ | Close a file                                               |
-| `read_json`  | ☑ | Read `JSON` file                                           |
-| `read_csv`   | ☑ | Read `CSV` file                                            |
-| `read_xml`   | ☐ | Read `XML`. NB: Do we need XML support?                    |
-| `to_type`    | ☑ | Convert a `str` to a proper type: `int`, `float` or `bool` |
+| Name          | Status  | Description                                                |
+|---------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `open_file`   | ☑ | Open a file                                                |
+| `close_file`  | ☑ | Close a file                                               |
+| `read_json`   | ☑ | Read `JSON` file                                           |
+| `read_csv`    | ☑ | Read `CSV` file                                            |
+| `read_xml`    | ☐ | Read `XML`. NB: Do we need XML support?                    |
+| `str_to_type` | ☑ | Convert a `str` to a proper type: `int`, `float` or `bool` |
 
 #### WARNING
 

tsqlike/tsqlike.py

@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ def close_file(file):
     if file and file is not sys.stdout and file is not sys.stdin:
         file.close()
 
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-def to_type(s):
+def str_to_type(s):
     """ Convert string s to a proper type: int, float or boolean """
 
     if s in ('True', 'true', 'False', 'false'):                 # to boolean
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ def to_type(s):
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
         return s                                                # no conversion possible -> string
 
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 def read_csv(in_file=None, encoding=None, newline='', name='', detect_types=False,
              dialect='excel', **fmtparams):
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ def import_list_dicts(self, data, name=None, detect_types=False):
                            if TNAME_COLUMN_DELIMITER not in str(f) else f for f in (data[0].keys())]
 
             self.table = [list(r.values()) for r in data] if not detect_types else [
-                [to_type(v) for v in r.values()] for r in data]
+                [str_to_type(v) for v in r.values()] for r in data]
 
         else:
             raise ValueError('[email protected]_list_dicts: Unexpected data format')
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ def import_dict_lists(self, data, name=None, detect_types=False):
 
             for c, f in enumerate(data.keys()):
                 for r, v in enumerate(data[f]):
-                    self.table[r][c] = v if not detect_types else to_type(v)
+                    self.table[r][c] = v if not detect_types else str_to_type(v)
             self._redimension()
         else:
             raise ValueError('[email protected]_dict_lists: Unexpected data format')
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ def import_list_lists(self, data, header=True, name=None, detect_types=False):
             if not detect_types:
                 self.table = data[1:] if header else data
             else:
-                self.table = [[to_type(v) for v in r] for r in data[1:]]
+                self.table = [[str_to_type(v) for v in r] for r in data[1:]]
 
             self._redimension()