def is_iter(y, ignore=six.string_types):

    if ignore and isinstance(y, ignore):
        return False
    try:
        iter(y)
        return True
    except TypeError:
        return False
Converts a dictionary of json object to a Python object.
dataset/ETHPy150Open saltstack/salt/salt/utils/__init__.py/is_iter--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open AppScale/appscale/AppServer/google/appengine/ext/mapreduce/model.py/JsonDecoder._dict_to_obj