2009/10/19 Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>:
>> Usually it is recommended to use hasattr() instead of type()
>> hasattr(s, 'upper')
>
> Nope, they do completely different things
> I think you might be thinking of isinstance() which can be used instead of
> type(). I see you use hasattr as a means of testing for a method but that is
> still different from testing type - the method names might be the same but
> the functions be completely different in effect!
Indeed, I was and stand corrected.
>>> In order to use a list comprehension I created this function instead.
>>> def upperfy(item)
>>> try:
>>> item = item.upper()
>>> except AttributeError:
>>> pass
>>> return item
>
>> I would move return item under the except and remove the pass, other
>> might disagree on this.
>
> I would :-)
> Doing that would result in None being returned for each successful
> conversion. The OPs code is correct (even if unnecessary)
I missed that the try: did not return anything. I was thinking more of
something like this.
def upperfy(item):
try:
item.upper()
return item
except AttributeError:
return item
Thanks for correcting me!
Greets
Sander
PS: Note to self, never reply in a hurry :-(
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