[stdlib-sig] proposed removal: the types module

[Steven Bethard]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Christian Heimes <christian at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Jesse Noller schrieb:
>
>
> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Steven Bethard
>  > <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> Barry Warsaw schrieb:
>  >>  > Plus, there are a few types in there that are difficult or impossible
>  >>  > to get from Python.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>  >>  >  Actually, inspect.types might be a good place to put them all.
>  >>
>  >>  +1 on inspect.types. If you really need to check for things like
>  >>  MethodType, instead of simply hasattr(obj, '__call__'), then you're
>  >>  really doing inspect-style code whether you've admitted it to yourself
>  >>  yet or not. ;-)
>  >>
>  >>  Steve
>  >
>  > +1 on inspect.types as well. It makes sense to put it there.
>
>  For your information:
>
>  Guido doesn't like grab bag modules, see http://bugs.python.org/issue1605

This wouldn't be adding a grab bag module. It would be refusing to
remove an existing grab bag module.

Steve
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