SF bug #560286: Add docs for 'basestring'

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index b70433ecf12de5599df05013f4c7c86500df365b..eeb3be8f85b365e94a6b59b1c543d6ffe7d86b27 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ def my_import(name):
                    above.}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{basestring}{}
+  This abstract type is the superclass for \class{str} and \class{unicode}.
+  It cannot be called or instantiated, but it can be used to test whether
+  an object is an instance of \class{str} or \class{unicode}.
+  \code{isinstance(obj, basestring)} is equivalent to
+  \code{isinstance(obj, (str, unicode))}.
+  \versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{funcdesc}{bool}{\optional{x}}
   Convert a value to a Boolean, using the standard truth testing
   procedure.  If \code{x} is false, this returns \code{False};