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[Python-Dev] removing the new and types modules

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to remove "types"?
IMHO the types module helps keeping code readable. 
For example
"if type(obj) == FloatType"
is just more readable than
"if type(obj) == type(1.0)".
Luckily Python does not distinguish float and double like other languages 
 - otherwise it wouldn't be clear for the average programmer if 1.0 is a
 float or a double constant.

Henning

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