[issue24040] plistlib assumes dict_type is descendent of dict

[Ronald Oussoren]

Ronald Oussoren added the comment:

To react to myself: checking for self.dict_type might break users that pass in a callable:

   x = plistlib.load(fp, dict_type=lambda:{})

As Behdad memtioned testing that the type isn't list would be better:

   if not isinstance(..., list):


That attached patch adds a testcase and removes replaces the test for type({}) for something better. 

Note: it also replaces ``type([])`` with ``list``, the latter is cleaner.

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