On Nov 6, 4:08 am, Dustan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 6, 3:58 am, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Wildemar Wildenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > maybe something like this could help:
>
> > > def tupleize(non_tuple):
> > > try:
> > > return tuple(tupleize(thing) for thing in non_tuple)
> > > except TypeError:
> > > # non_tuple is not iterable
> > > return non_tuple
>
> > Just don't try passing that a string or anything containing a string.
>
> Untested
>
> def tupleize(non_tuple):
> if isinstance(non_tuple, str):
> return non_tuple
> try:
> return tuple(tupleize(thing) for thing in non_tuple)
> except TypeError:
> # non_tuple is not iterable
> return non_tuple
isinstance(x,basestring)
is preferred over
isinstance(x,str)
in case x is a unicode.
-- Paul
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