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