[Python-Dev] Semantics of int(), index() (original) (raw)

Tres Seaver tseaver at palladion.com
Wed Apr 3 18:25:32 CEST 2013


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On 04/03/2013 11:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

-1 on forcing int, str, float etc. to return instances of the built-in types.

The only quasi-legitimate reason I know of for checking 'type(x) is int' rather than 'isinstance(x, int)' is speed.

Tres. - --

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