Remove assert that checked if a parameter was an instance of Request. Closes patch...

diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index 57de99ca31b2ee86ef8489b1b7219f8a46bc0400..923ba9c840b7eef1cce24578bc66673324424c30 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ class OpenerDirector:
             req = fullurl
             if data is not None:
                 req.add_data(data)
-        assert isinstance(req, Request) # really only care about interface
 
         result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, 'default',
                                   'default_open', req)