On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:41:44 -0500, Steve Holden wrote: > If the "type" variable really is a type, of course, then the real > solution is hardly radical: stop using the names of types and start > using the types:
[snip example using "type(obj) in (type1, type2)"] But if you're using actual types, you almost certainly want to allow for subclasses as well: isinstance(obj, tuple_of_types) -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list