[issue20415] Could method "isinstance" take a list as parameter?

[Irit Katriel]

Irit Katriel <iritkatriel at yahoo.com> added the comment:

Interesting discussion, and the reason seems to be here:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2011-July/010642.html

Lists need to be checked for cycles, tuples don't.

----------
nosy: +iritkatriel
resolution:  -> rejected
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue20415>
_______________________________________