On Nov 28, 2007 2:23 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to
> remove "types"?
> IMHO the types module helps keeping code readable.
> For example
> "if type(obj) == FloatType"
> is just more readable than
> "if type(obj) == type(1.0)".
But you should really be writing::
if isinstance(obj, float)
for most situations, and::
if type(obj) == float
if you really *have* to check the exact type.
STeVe
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