Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> if isinstance(x, str) or isinstance(x, unicode):
>
> is apparently too much typing.
Perhaps we could extend isinstance(). How about
isinstance(x, str, unicode)
or
isinstance(x, (str, unicode))
This is a common problem not limited to string types. I often want to
test if something is a tuple or a list for example.
Neil