[Tutor] Re: check for nested sequences & flatten

[kevin parks]

>Thirdly, what you've written is a max_depth() function (if you add +1 to the
>return call). 

That was what i was aiming for in another program. it's a bit more
all purpose that way, but for this i really am only concerned with
whether it is flat or nested.

>A function that only calculates is_nested() is easier:
>
>import types
>
>def is_nested(L):
>   for item in L:
>      is type(item) in (types.ListType, types.TupleType):
>         return 1
>   return 0


I copied this and the interpreter barfed. It said sytax error and pointed at the is type(item) in (types.ListType, types.TupleType):
line. Anyone see this syntax error, i can't. It looks ok to me

-kevin




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