[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.
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