code: def make_kind_check(python_types, numpy_kind):
      
      def check(value):
          if hasattr(value, 'dtype'):
              return value.dtype.kind == numpy_kind
          return isinstance(value, python_types)
      return check
docs: Make a function that checks whether a scalar or array is of a given kind
      (e.g. float, int, datetime, timedelta).