[Python-Dev] Need a way to test for 8-bit-or-unicode-string

[Aahz Maruch]

[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.

Ewww, gross, spit spit spit.  ;-)

At least with the latter, you can do:

    stringtype = (str, unicode)
    isinstance(x, stringtype)

Hmmmm...  Or can you?
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