docs: def validate_NUMPLACES(in_value, restriction):
      """
          the value parameter must be either a single value or a 1-dimensional list.
          All the values in this list must satisfy the condition
      """
      #Sometimes restriction values can accidentally be put in the template <item>100</items>,
      #Making them a list, not a number. Rather than blowing up, just get value 1 from the list.
      if type(restriction) is list:
          restriction = restriction[0]
  
      value = _get_val(in_value)
      if type(value) is list:
          for subval in value:
              if type(subval) is tuple:
                  subval = subval[1]
              validate_NUMPLACES(subval, restriction)
      else:
          restriction = int(restriction) # Just in case..
          dec_val = Decimal(str(value))
          num_places = dec_val.as_tuple().exponent * -1 #exponent returns a negative num
          if restriction != num_places:
              raise ValidationError("NUMPLACES: %s"%(restriction))