[Python-Dev] removing the new and types modules

[henning.vonbargen at arcor.de]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to remove "types"?
IMHO the types module helps keeping code readable. 
For example
"if type(obj) == FloatType"
is just more readable than
"if type(obj) == type(1.0)".
Luckily Python does not distinguish float and double like other languages 
 - otherwise it wouldn't be clear for the average programmer if 1.0 is a
 float or a double constant.

Henning