def _flatten_nested_input(v):
    """Flatten a parallel scatter input -- we only get one of them to tools.
    """
    v = copy.deepcopy(v)
    if isinstance(v["type"], dict) and v["type"]["type"] == "array":
        v["type"] = v["type"]["items"]
    else:
        assert isinstance(v["type"], (list, tuple)), v
        new_type = None
        want_null = False
        for x in v["type"]:
            if isinstance(x, dict) and x["type"] == "array":
                new_type = x["items"]
            elif isinstance(x, six.string_types) and x == "null":
                want_null = True
            else:
                new_type = x
        if want_null:
            if not isinstance(new_type, (list, tuple)):
                new_type = [new_type] if new_type is not None else []
            for toadd in ["null", "string"]:
                if toadd not in new_type:
                    new_type.append(toadd)
        assert new_type, v
        v["type"] = new_type
    return v
Flatten a parallel scatter input -- we only get one of them to tools.