Follow current recommended practice in an example: Use isinstance() to

perform a type test instead of type(x) == types.FoobarType.  In example
for type().

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 51edb331e167911658b08b038f45ac1ffdb34b56..36582da0af6e418a7808c303b5c0e9f003cd1b54 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ For instance:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
 >>> import types
->>> if type(x) == types.StringType: print "It's a string"
+>>> if isinstance(x, types.StringType): print "It's a string"
 \end{verbatim}\ecode
 \end{funcdesc}
 

diff --git a/Doc/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
index 51edb331e167911658b08b038f45ac1ffdb34b56..36582da0af6e418a7808c303b5c0e9f003cd1b54 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ For instance:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
 >>> import types
->>> if type(x) == types.StringType: print "It's a string"
+>>> if isinstance(x, types.StringType): print "It's a string"
 \end{verbatim}\ecode
 \end{funcdesc}