John Roth <johnro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 18, 5:48 am, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > > <mkieverpy <at> tlink.de> schrieb: > > > > > and I could not find a replacement for 'FileType'. > > > Has this been overlooked? > > > > > Found this thread which does not mention FileType: > > >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/stdlib-sig/2008-April/thread.html#172 > > > > > I guess I just did not see something simple. > > > Anyone with a hint? > > > > That's because this isn't simple. Python 3 doesn't have one file type. It > > has > > several different kinds of streams in the io module. If you're checking for > > a > > file type, you'll want to use isinstance(some_file, io.IOBase). If you're > > inheriting form it, I suggest you look at the io module's classes. > > Nontheless, a warning would be helpful, possibly with some doc.
Submitting an issue to the tracker with this request would probably be a good idea. Even better if you include a suggested patch. -- R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
