"Nicolas Grilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [about is_string_like] > But in this function, I don't like the idea to try an operation on a > string, and wait for an exception in order to know if we really have a > string or not. It's not very efficient, nor very beautiful.
I wouldn't worry about efficiency until there is a demonstrable need to speed something up. > I guess initial developer did that to keep compatibility with old > Python versions. I've always thought that is_string_like is there to allow compatibility with _future_ code where someone is using a new kind of string-like object that works just like a string but for which isinstance(x, (str, unicode)) is false. -- Jouni ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
