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

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:21:50 -0400

Neil Schemenauer wrote:

isinstance(x, str, unicode)

... This is a common problem not limited to string types. I often want to test if something is a tuple or a list for example.

Guido van Rossum writes:

You may be on to something. It certainly saves me inventing a new name! I'll think about it a bit more...

I like this approach. It also doesn't preclude the other changes.

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. PythonLabs at Zope Corporation