Fix #200. Fix support for scalar np.bool_ (#203)

src/hdmf/utils.py

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def __type_okay(value, argtype, allow_none=False):
             return __is_int(value)
         elif argtype == 'float':
             return __is_float(value)
+        elif argtype == 'bool':
+            return __is_bool(value)
         return argtype in [cls.__name__ for cls in value.__class__.__mro__]
     elif isinstance(argtype, type):
         if argtype == six.text_type:
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ def __type_okay(value, argtype, allow_none=False):
             return __is_int(value)
         elif argtype is float:
             return __is_float(value)
+        elif argtype is bool:
+            return __is_bool(value)
         return isinstance(value, argtype)
     elif isinstance(argtype, tuple) or isinstance(argtype, list):
         return any(__type_okay(value, i) for i in argtype)
@@ -100,6 +104,10 @@ def __is_float(value):
     return any(isinstance(value, i) for i in SUPPORTED_FLOAT_TYPES)
 
 
+def __is_bool(value):
+    return isinstance(value, bool) or isinstance(value, np.bool_)
+
+
 def __format_type(argtype):
     if isinstance(argtype, str):
         return argtype

tests/unit/build_tests/test_io_map.py

@@ -701,6 +701,22 @@ def test_numeric_spec(self):
         self.assertTupleEqual(ret, match)
         self.assertIs(ret[0].dtype.type, match[1])
 
+    def test_bool_spec(self):
+        spec_type = 'bool'
+        spec = DatasetSpec('an example dataset', spec_type, name='data')
+
+        value = np.bool_(True)
+        ret = ObjectMapper.convert_dtype(spec, value)
+        match = (value, np.bool_)
+        self.assertTupleEqual(ret, match)
+        self.assertIs(type(ret[0]), match[1])
+
+        value = True
+        ret = ObjectMapper.convert_dtype(spec, value)
+        match = (value, np.bool_)
+        self.assertTupleEqual(ret, match)
+        self.assertIs(type(ret[0]), match[1])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

tests/unit/utils_test/test_docval.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 from six import text_type
+import numpy as np
 
 from hdmf.utils import docval, fmt_docval_args, get_docval, popargs
 
@@ -478,6 +479,19 @@ def test_get_docval_none_arg(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, r'Function __init__ has no docval arguments'):
             get_docval(self.test_obj.__init__, 'arg3')
 
+    def test_bool_type(self):
+        @docval({'name': 'arg1', 'type': bool, 'doc': 'this is a bool'})
+        def method(self, **kwargs):
+            return popargs('arg1', kwargs)
+
+        res = method(self, arg1=True)
+        self.assertEqual(res, True)
+        self.assertIsInstance(res, bool)
+
+        res = method(self, arg1=np.bool_(True))
+        self.assertEqual(res, np.bool_(True))
+        self.assertIsInstance(res, np.bool_)
+
 
 class TestDocValidatorChain(unittest.TestCase):