On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Oscar Benjamin
<oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would it not be better to avoid using isinstance() for this?

In a recent thread I explained why using isinstance() is important.
It's how we check for every other type, and it would be awlward for
type-checking frameworks to have to special-case enums. (When we're
not using duck typing.)

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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