[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-632196 ] Use type(x) is ... instead of type(x) ==

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Bugs item #632196, was opened at 2002-11-01 12:50
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Patrick K. O'Brien (pobrien)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: Use type(x) is ... instead of type(x) ==

Initial Comment:
The sample code for type(object) should be: 
 
>>> if type(x) is types.StringType: print "It's a string" 
 
Instead of the older, deprecated idiom: 
 
>>> if type(x) == types.StringType: print "It's a string" 
 
This is the page I'm referencing: 
 
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-57 

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