On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:51 AM, David Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2) Can someone explain to me why is_string_like in the cbook doesn't > just do isinstance(obj,str)? Is there anything "string like" that won't > be caught be this isinstance call? In [65]: s = u'jdh' In [66]: isinstance(s, str) Out[66]: False In [67]: isinstance(s, unicode) Out[67]: True So we could check for str or unicode, but a user may be using a custom string like class from some c++ extension code that is part of a large in house API. The point is that we don't care if it *is* a string, we just want it to act like a string http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
