[I know we've already reached agreement, but I feel the need to stick my
oar in.]
Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
>
> NS> Perhaps we could extend isinstance(). How about
>
> NS> isinstance(x, str, unicode)
>
> NS> or
>
> NS> isinstance(x, (str, unicode))
>
> NS> This is a common problem not limited to string types. I often
> NS> want to test if something is a tuple or a list for example.
>
> That's an interesting idea, but please use the former signature, not
> the latter.
Ewww, gross, spit spit spit. ;-)
At least with the latter, you can do:
stringtype = (str, unicode)
isinstance(x, stringtype)
Hmmmm... Or can you?
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