cmd = __import__("sys").modules["pymol.cmd"]

try:
    basestring
except NameError:
    basestring = (str, bytes)

def _raising(code=-1,_self=cmd):
    # WARNING: internal routine, subject to change
    return is_error(code)

def is_string(obj):
    return isinstance(obj, basestring)

def is_list(obj):
    return isinstance(obj, list)

def is_dict(obj):
    return isinstance(obj, dict)

def is_tuple(obj):
    return isinstance(obj, tuple)

def is_sequence(obj):
    return isinstance(obj, (list, tuple))

def is_error(result): # errors are always negative numbers
    if isinstance(result, int):
        return (result<0)
    return 0

def is_ok(result): # something other than a negative number
    return not is_error(result)