[Python-checkins] r76733 - python/trunk/Objects/abstract.c

[Guido van Rossum]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2009/12/9 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
>> Why the change? This tie into abc stuff somehow?
>
> No, it's clearer (where else is PyObject_IsInstance(x, PyDict_Type) in
> the source?), and avoids the problem of having isinstance fail.

Yeah, but it is a semantic change, since objects that "virtually"
inherit from dict (by overriding __instancecheck__) will now be
treated differently. Though I'm not sure if it matters -- that
requires more research than I have time for right now.

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