Moved some utility functions to utility package

VocalMaisBot.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import discord
 import discord.utils
 
 from ChannelsConfigFile import ChannelsConfigFile
+import utils
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("VocalMaisBot")
 
@@ -52,17 +53,17 @@ class VocalMaisBot(discord.Client):
 			return
 
 		contents = message.content.split()
-		if _check_list_element(contents, 1, "help"):
+		if utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "help"):
 			return await self.print_help(message.channel)
-		elif _check_list_element(contents, 1, "ping"):
+		elif utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "ping"):
 			return await message.channel.send(":ping_pong:")
-		elif _check_list_element(contents, 1, "register"):
+		elif utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "register"):
 			return await self.register_channel(message)
-		elif _check_list_element(contents, 1, "forget"):
+		elif utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "forget"):
 			return await self.forget_channel(message)
-		elif _check_list_element(contents, 1, "list"):
+		elif utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "list"):
 			return await self.list_watched_channels(message)
-		elif _check_list_element(contents, 1, "clear"):
+		elif utils.check_list_element_no_bounds(contents, 1, "clear"):
 			return await self.clear_watched_channels(message)
 		else:
 			return await self.sorry_do_not_understand(message)
@@ -196,20 +197,6 @@ class VocalMaisBot(discord.Client):
 		self.channels_config.remove_channel_from_created(channel.guild, channel)
 
 
-def _check_list_element(l: List, index: int, expected_value: Any) -> bool:
-	try:
-		return l[index] == expected_value
-	except IndexError:
-		return False
-
-
-def _check_dict_element(d: Dict, key: Any, expected_value: Any) -> bool:
-	try:
-		return d[key] == expected_value
-	except KeyError:
-		return False
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "Discord bot to automatically create temporary voice channels for users when they connect to a special channel", formatter_class = argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
 	argparser.add_argument("-t", "--token-file", default = ".token", help = "File where the discord bot token is stored")

utils/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List, Any
+from typing import List, Dict, Any
 
 
 def list_remove_all_occurrences(l: List[Any], value: Any) -> None:
@@ -13,3 +13,23 @@ def list_remove_all_occurrences(l: List[Any], value: Any) -> None:
 		l[i] = v
 	# Remove the tail
 	del l[i + 1: len(l)]
+
+
+def check_list_element_no_bounds(l: List[Any], index: int, expected_value: Any) -> bool:
+	"""
+	Check if l[index] is equal to expected_value, but without raising an exception if l does not have that many elements
+	"""
+	try:
+		return l[index] == expected_value
+	except IndexError:
+		return False
+
+
+def check_dict_element_no_exception(d: Dict[Any, Any], key: Any, expected_value: Any) -> bool:
+	"""
+		Check if d[key] is equal to expected_value, but without raising an exception if d does not contain the key
+	"""
+	try:
+		return d[key] == expected_value
+	except KeyError:
+		return False