Paulo da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a relatively inexperient
> in python, how could I know that a 'string' is an instance of
> basestring?
I think a good tip for anyone learning Python (or upgrading from an earlier
version) is to do:
dir(__builtins__)
at the interactive prompt and read through the list it produces working out
what each builtin does. Some of them you can ignore(1), some you can file
away as interesting to know they exist but you don't need to know the
details today(2), and others are indispensible(3).
Do that and you'll find basestring (category 2 until you needed to ask your
question) between apply (category 1) and bool (category 3).
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