isinstance(x, (int, float, complex)) is certainly very compact, and does what I want. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/len%28%29-should-always-return-something-tp24639361p24654347.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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