From: Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:55:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better isinstance error message.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~5460
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aee2d5f975dfa53fb270439d9e09d542d8ea765f;p=python

Better isinstance error message.

Closes SF patch # 560250.

Bugfix candidate IMO.
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diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index d10d9d4b0c..917195a200 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,8 @@ PyObject_IsInstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
 			/* Do not mask errors. */
 			if (!PyErr_Occurred())
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-				"isinstance() arg 2 must be a class or type");
+				"isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type,"
+				" or tuple of classes and types");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		Py_DECREF(cls_bases);