[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to > remove "types"? > IMHO the types module helps keeping code readable. > For example > "if type(obj) == FloatType" > is just more readable than > "if type(obj) == type(1.0)". >
if isinstance(obj, float) or if type(obj) is float I often use FunctionType though.So long as it moves rather than vanishes... Michael http://www.manning.com/foord > Luckily Python does not distinguish float and double like other languages > - otherwise it wouldn't be clear for the average programmer if 1.0 is a > float or a double constant. > > Henning > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
