safe_cast()

Safely cast a value to a target type.

Usage

safe_cast(
    value,
    target_type,
)

May raise TypeError or ValueError.

Parameters

value: object

The value to cast.

target_type: type

The type to cast to.

Returns

object

The cast value.

Raises

TypeError

If the value cannot be cast to the target type.

ValueError

If the value is invalid for the target type.