#
# MUSIC𝄞NTWRK
#
# A python library for pitch class set and rhythmic sequences classification and manipulation,
# the generation of networks in generalized music and sound spaces, and the sonification of arbitrary data
#
# Copyright (C) 2018 Marco Buongiorno Nardelli
# http://www.materialssoundmusic.com, mbn@unt.edu
#
# This file is distributed under the terms of the
# GNU General Public License. See the file `License'
# in the root directory of the present distribution,
# or http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt .
#
def flatten(l, ltypes=(list, tuple)):
    # flatten a list of lists
    ltype = type(l)
    l = list(l)
    i = 0
    while i < len(l):
        while isinstance(l[i], ltypes):
            if not l[i]:
                l.pop(i)
                i -= 1
                break
            else:
                l[i:i + 1] = l[i]
        i += 1
    return ltype(l)
