Ron Adam wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions on how to improve this further?
Not functionally (from me, yet). However if you can bear a stylistic comment, do read on :-) > elif (isinstance(object,str) > or isinstance(object,int) > or isinstance(object,bool) > or isinstance(object,tuple) > or isinstance(object,list) > or isinstance(object,dict)): Since Python version 2.2, the 2nd arg of isinstance may be a tuple. You could define this up front, with a meaningful name: TYPES_WHICH_whatever = (str, int, bool, etc etc) Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
