Multi-isinstance idiom (Re: Deprecate tabs for indenting (was Re: Indenting with tabs vs spaces))

[Greg Ewing]

"Mike C. Fletcher" wrote:
> 
> That doesn't seem to keep the semantics, it only works if the tested
> class is an actual sub-class of your combination class

B****r, you're right! I withdraw the suggestion.

There was talk a while back of extending isinstance()
to take a tuple of classes as well as just a single
class. Something like that seems called for here.

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