import funcy as fn


def as_type(desired, *converters):
    """
    Return a type converter to `desired` type. `converters` are callables that can accept an object and try an convert it
    to desired type. If a converter may fail with any exception other than `TypeError` it should be given as a
    (callable, Exception) tuple.

    e.g.:
        as_date = as_type(date, date_parser, (lambda d: d.date(), AttributeError))
        d1 = as_date(date(2015, 11, 1)
        d2 = as_date('2015-11-1')
        d3 = as_date(datetime(2015, 11, 1, 0, 2, 1))
        assert d1 == d2 == d3
    """
    converters = [(converter, TypeError) if callable(converter) else converter]
    def converter(obj):
        if isinstance(obj, desired):
            return obj
        else:
            approaches = [(fn.partial(approach, obj), exception) for approach, exception in converters]
            return fn.fallback(approaches)
    return converter