R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment: > 4. The explicit-vs-implicit is about the contract defined in the spec (making > explicit what, precisely, is required of both parties), not the type test.
Perhaps a clarification in the (3333) spec that 'type str' means "type(s) is str" would be in order, then, since this discussion makes it clear that "type str" in English can also mean "isinstance(s, str)". ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10935> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com