RustPython · windelbouwman · May 12, 2019 · May 12, 2019
diff --git a/tests/snippets/strings.py b/tests/snippets/strings.py
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@
 assert a.upper() == 'HALLO'
 assert a.split('al') == ['H', 'lo']
 assert a.startswith('H')
+assert a.startswith(('H', 1))
+assert a.startswith(('A', 'H'))
 assert not a.startswith('f')
+assert not a.startswith(('A', 'f'))
 assert a.endswith('llo')
+assert a.endswith(('lo', 1))
+assert a.endswith(('A', 'lo'))
 assert not a.endswith('on')
+assert not a.endswith(('A', 'll'))
 assert a.zfill(8) == '000Hallo'
 assert a.isalnum()
 assert not a.isdigit()
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@
 assert '___a__'.find('a', 4, 3) == -1
 
 assert 'abcd'.startswith('b', 1)
+assert 'abcd'.startswith(('b', 'z'), 1)
 assert not 'abcd'.startswith('b', -4)
 assert 'abcd'.startswith('b', -3)
 

diff --git a/vm/src/builtins.rs b/vm/src/builtins.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ use crate::obj::objdict::PyDictRef;
 use crate::obj::objint::{self, PyIntRef};
 use crate::obj::objiter;
 use crate::obj::objstr::{self, PyString, PyStringRef};
-use crate::obj::objtuple::PyTuple;
-use crate::obj::objtype::{self, PyClass, PyClassRef};
+use crate::obj::objtype::{self, PyClassRef};
 
 use crate::frame::Scope;
-use crate::function::{Args, KwArgs, OptionalArg, PyFuncArgs};
+use crate::function::{single_or_tuple_any, Args, KwArgs, OptionalArg, PyFuncArgs};
 use crate::pyobject::{
     IdProtocol, IntoPyObject, ItemProtocol, PyIterable, PyObjectRef, PyResult, PyValue,
     TryFromObject, TypeProtocol,
@@ -317,37 +316,36 @@ fn builtin_id(vm: &VirtualMachine, args: PyFuncArgs) -> PyResult {
 
 // builtin_input
 
-fn type_test(
-    vm: &VirtualMachine,
-    typ: PyObjectRef,
-    test: impl Fn(&PyClassRef) -> PyResult<bool>,
-    test_name: &str,
-) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    match_class!(typ,
-        cls @ PyClass => test(&cls),
-        tuple @ PyTuple => {
-            for cls_obj in tuple.elements.borrow().iter() {
-                let cls = PyClassRef::try_from_object(vm, cls_obj.clone())?;
-                if test(&cls)? {
-                    return Ok(true);
-                }
-            }
-            Ok(false)
+fn builtin_isinstance(obj: PyObjectRef, typ: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    single_or_tuple_any(
+        typ,
+        |cls: PyClassRef| vm.isinstance(&obj, &cls),
+        |o| {
+            format!(
+                "isinstance() arg 2 must be a type or tuple of types, not {}",
+                o.class()
+            )
         },
-        _ => Err(vm.new_type_error(format!("{}() arg 2 must be a type or tuple of types", test_name)))
+        vm,
     )
 }
 
-fn builtin_isinstance(obj: PyObjectRef, typ: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    type_test(vm, typ, |cls| vm.isinstance(&obj, cls), "isinstance")
-}
-
 fn builtin_issubclass(
     subclass: PyClassRef,
     typ: PyObjectRef,
     vm: &VirtualMachine,
 ) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    type_test(vm, typ, |cls| vm.issubclass(&subclass, cls), "issubclass")
+    single_or_tuple_any(
+        typ,
+        |cls: PyClassRef| vm.issubclass(&subclass, &cls),
+        |o| {
+            format!(
+                "issubclass() arg 2 must be a class or tuple of classes, not {}",
+                o.class()
+            )
+        },
+        vm,
+    )
 }
 
 fn builtin_iter(vm: &VirtualMachine, args: PyFuncArgs) -> PyResult {

diff --git a/vm/src/function.rs b/vm/src/function.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::RangeInclusive;
 
+use crate::obj::objtuple::PyTuple;
 use crate::obj::objtype::{isinstance, PyClassRef};
 use crate::pyobject::{
     IntoPyObject, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult, PyValue, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol,
@@ -523,3 +524,28 @@ into_py_native_func_tuple!((a, A), (b, B));
 into_py_native_func_tuple!((a, A), (b, B), (c, C));
 into_py_native_func_tuple!((a, A), (b, B), (c, C), (d, D));
 into_py_native_func_tuple!((a, A), (b, B), (c, C), (d, D), (e, E));
+
+/// Tests that the predicate is True on a single value, or if the value is a tuple a tuple, then
+/// test that any of the values contained within the tuples satisfies the predicate. Type parameter
+/// T specifies the type that is expected, if the input value is not of that type or a tuple of
+/// values of that type, then a TypeError is raised.
+pub fn single_or_tuple_any<T: PyValue, F: Fn(PyRef<T>) -> PyResult<bool>>(
+    obj: PyObjectRef,
+    predicate: F,
+    message: fn(&PyObjectRef) -> String,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    match_class!(obj,
+        obj @ T => predicate(obj),
+        tuple @ PyTuple => {
+            for obj in tuple.elements.borrow().iter() {
+                let inner_val = PyRef::<T>::try_from_object(vm, obj.clone())?;
+                if predicate(inner_val)? {
+                    return Ok(true);
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(false)
+        },
+        obj => Err(vm.new_type_error(message(&obj)))
+    )
+}
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs b/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 use unicode_xid::UnicodeXID;
 
 use crate::format::{FormatParseError, FormatPart, FormatString};
-use crate::function::{OptionalArg, PyFuncArgs};
+use crate::function::{single_or_tuple_any, OptionalArg, PyFuncArgs};
 use crate::pyobject::{
     IdProtocol, IntoPyObject, PyClassImpl, PyContext, PyIterable, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult,
     PyValue, TryFromObject, TryIntoRef, TypeProtocol,
@@ -342,30 +342,52 @@ impl PyString {
     #[pymethod]
     fn endswith(
         &self,
-        suffix: PyStringRef,
+        suffix: PyObjectRef,
         start: OptionalArg<isize>,
         end: OptionalArg<isize>,
-        _vm: &VirtualMachine,
-    ) -> bool {
+        vm: &VirtualMachine,
+    ) -> PyResult<bool> {
         if let Some((start, end)) = adjust_indices(start, end, self.value.len()) {
-            self.value[start..end].ends_with(&suffix.value)
+            let value = &self.value[start..end];
+            single_or_tuple_any(
+                suffix,
+                |s: PyStringRef| Ok(value.ends_with(&s.value)),
+                |o| {
+                    format!(
+                        "endswith first arg must be str or a tuple of str, not {}",
+                        o.class(),
+                    )
+                },
+                vm,
+            )
         } else {
-            false
+            Ok(false)
         }
     }
 
     #[pymethod]
     fn startswith(
         &self,
-        prefix: PyStringRef,
+        prefix: PyObjectRef,
         start: OptionalArg<isize>,
         end: OptionalArg<isize>,
-        _vm: &VirtualMachine,
-    ) -> bool {
+        vm: &VirtualMachine,
+    ) -> PyResult<bool> {
         if let Some((start, end)) = adjust_indices(start, end, self.value.len()) {
-            self.value[start..end].starts_with(&prefix.value)
+            let value = &self.value[start..end];
+            single_or_tuple_any(
+                prefix,
+                |s: PyStringRef| Ok(value.starts_with(&s.value)),
+                |o| {
+                    format!(
+                        "startswith first arg must be str or a tuple of str, not {}",
+                        o.class(),
+                    )
+                },
+                vm,
+            )
         } else {
-            false
+            Ok(false)
         }
     }