[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 17:01:22 -0400

Now that the introduction of a class hierarchy is dead, I'd like to move forward with the isinstance(x, (A, B, C...)) patch.

Followup question: should I also implement issubclass(X, (A, B, C...))?

It's consistent to do so, but it's more work (issubclass is a bit murkier due to the "abstract subclass" support), and I'm not sure that it has the same benefits...

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