Parse a runtime type or infer it from an example

Mirrors Python's public RuntimeType.parse_or_infer(...) entrypoint.

Usage

parse_or_infer(
  type_name,
  public_example,
  generics = list(),
  allow_extrinsic = FALSE
)

Arguments

type_name

A type descriptor to normalize, or NULL.

public_example

A value to infer from when type_name is NULL.

generics

Generic type names to preserve during parsing.

allow_extrinsic

Return ExtrinsicObject for unknown host objects when TRUE.

Value

A normalized runtime_type.