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

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 11:46:57 -0400


Here's an implementation of Neil's idea.

*** abstract.c 2001/10/01 17:10:18 2.83 --- abstract.c 2001/10/05 15:49:04


*** 1805,1810 **** --- 1805,1829 ---- else if (PyType_Check(cls)) { retval = PyObject_TypeCheck(inst, (PyTypeObject *)cls); }


*** 1827,1833 ****

  if (retval < 0) {
      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,

! "isinstance() arg 2 must be a class or type"); } return retval; } --- 1846,1853 ----

  if (retval < 0) {
      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,

! "isinstance() arg 2 must be a class or type " ! "or tuple of those"); } return retval; }

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)