On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 01:03:18PM +0100, Alan Gauld wrote:
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> "Dick Moores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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> > if type(n) == 'int' or type(n) == 'long':
> > do something
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> don't use strings
>
> if type(n) == int
>
> Or just use an instance of the same type:
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> if type(n) == type(42)
Calling type(n) for any integer seems to return the same object.
I checked with id().
So, should we be using:
if type(n) is type(42)
or, as suggested by Aditya Lal in another message in this thread:
import types
if type(n) is types.IntType
Or, is this a frivolous question that makes no difference?
Dave
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> Alan G.
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