[Python-checkins] python/nondist/peps pep-0246.txt,1.7,1.8

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv2813

Modified Files:
	pep-0246.txt 
Log Message:
Correct the intention for basestring.


Index: pep-0246.txt
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps/pep-0246.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -d -r1.7 -r1.8
--- pep-0246.txt	14 Jan 2005 19:01:09 -0000	1.7
+++ pep-0246.txt	15 Jan 2005 05:06:09 -0000	1.8
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
     blessed by the BDFL (Benevolent Dictator for Life).  The same can
     be said for the alternative technique based on checking
     'isinstance' (the built-in class "basestring" exists specifically
-    to let you use 'isinstance' to check if an object "is something
-    like a string").  Neither approach is easily and generally
-    extensible to other protocols, defined by applications and third
-    party frameworks, outside of the standard Python core.
+    to let you use 'isinstance' to check if an object "is a [built-in]
+    string").  Neither approach is easily and generally extensible to
+    other protocols, defined by applications and third party
+    frameworks, outside of the standard Python core.
 
     Even more important than checking if an object already supports a
     given protocol can be the task of obtaining a suitable adapter