[Python-Dev] [python] Re: removing the new and types modules

[Michael Foord]

henning.vonbargen at arcor.de wrote:
> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to remove "types"?
> IMHO the types module helps keeping code readable. 
> For example
> "if type(obj) == FloatType"
> is just more readable than
> "if type(obj) == type(1.0)".
>   

if isinstance(obj, float)

or

if type(obj) is float

I often use FunctionType though.So long as it moves rather than vanishes...

Michael
http://www.manning.com/foord

> Luckily Python does not distinguish float and double like other languages 
>  - otherwise it wouldn't be clear for the average programmer if 1.0 is a
>  float or a double constant.
>
> Henning
>
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