bencharb

DEFAULT_DELIM = '.'
NOPREFIX_PREFIX = '__NOPREFIX__'

import itertools
import collections
def is_non_string_sequence(seq):
    return isinstance(seq, collections.Sequence) and not isinstance(seq, basestring)
def is_dict(d):
    return isinstance(d, collections.Mapping) or hasattr(d, 'iteritems') and not isinstance(d, basestring)