From d1b69388eb9febd433f26d6895fe99183d0d94c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Stein <erik@classlibrary.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:54:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] functional.firstof API more flexible (accepts iterable or
 args).

---
 utils/functional.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils/functional.py b/utils/functional.py
index d18fa93..2c3cdaa 100644
--- a/utils/functional.py
+++ b/utils/functional.py
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 # Erik Stein <code@classlibrary.net>, 2017
 
 
-def firstof(iterable, default=None):
+def firstof(*args, default=None):
     """
     Returns the first value which is neither empty nor None.
 
     """
+    if len(args) == 1:
+        iterable = args[0]
+    else:
+        iterable = args
+
     for value in iterable:
         if value:
             return value