[Python-checkins] r65194 - python/trunk/Lib/imghdr.py

Wed Jul 23 15:25:06 CEST 2008

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Wed Jul 23 15:25:06 2008
New Revision: 65194

Log:
use isinstance

Modified:
   python/trunk/Lib/imghdr.py

Modified: python/trunk/Lib/imghdr.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/imghdr.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/imghdr.py	Wed Jul 23 15:25:06 2008
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 def what(file, h=None):
     if h is None:
-        if type(file) == type(''):
+        if isinstance(file, basestring):
             f = open(file, 'rb')
             h = f.read(32)
         else:
