Provide a builtin validator that takes a boolean function.

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the existing validator entry points and reviewing how validators signal invalid values. Define the expected behavior for wrapping a boolean-returning function, including its invalid-value error, and confirm the validator API and documentation consistently describe the new option.

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Feature

Currently, validators are required to raise an exception, if the value isn't appropriate. If I currently have a function for checking the property, but returns a boolean, instead of raising, to use it as a validator, I have to write a wrapper that converts the return to an exception. It would be nice if attrs provided such a wrapper itself.

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