Удаление пустых значений

def get_counts(a_list: list) -> tuple:
    count_lists = count_dicts = 0
    for element in a_list:
        if type(element) == list:
            count_lists += 1
        elif type(element) == dict:
            count_dicts += 1
        if element:  # если элемент не пустой, то рекурсивно проверяем и его
            inner_dicts, inner_lists = get_counts(element)
            count_dicts += inner_dicts
            count_lists += inner_lists
    return count_dicts, count_lists
 
 
assert get_counts([[[[{}]]], {}, ""]) == (2, 3)
assert get_counts([[[[]]], {}, ""]) == (1, 3)
assert get_counts([{}, [[]]]) == (1, 2)
assert get_counts([{}, [{}, {}, [[]]]]) == (3, 3)
assert get_counts([[], {}]) == (1, 1)
assert get_counts(['']) == (0, 0)
assert get_counts([]) == (0, 0)

def get_counts(a_list: list) -> tuple:
    count_lists = count_dicts = 0
    for element in a_list:
        if type(element) == list and is_empty(element):
            count_lists += 1
        elif type(element) == dict and is_empty(element):
            count_dicts += 1
        else:
            continue
        if element:  # если элемент не пустой, то рекурсивно проверяем и его
            inner_dicts, inner_lists = get_counts(element)
            count_dicts += inner_dicts
            count_lists += inner_lists
    return count_dicts, count_lists
 
 
def is_empty(it) -> bool:
    if not it:
        return True
    if type(it) not in (list, dict):
        return False
    return all(map(is_empty, it))
 
 
assert is_empty([]) is True
assert is_empty(["1"]) is False
assert is_empty([{}, []]) is True
assert is_empty([[{}]]) is True
assert is_empty([[{}, [1, ]]]) is False
assert is_empty([[{"1": "2"}]]) is False
assert is_empty([[[[{}]]]]) == True
assert get_counts([[[[{}]]], {}, ""]) == (2, 3)
assert get_counts([[[[]]], {}, ""]) == (1, 3)
assert get_counts([{}, [[]]]) == (1, 2)
assert get_counts([{}, [{}, {}, [[]]]]) == (3, 3)
assert get_counts([[], {}]) == (1, 1)
assert get_counts(['']) == (0, 0)
assert get_counts([]) == (0, 0)
assert get_counts([" ", {}, {" ": " "}]) == (1, 0)
assert get_counts([[{"f":"1"}]]) == (0, 0)