File tests in Python

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <k0nwvfc6255.fsf at dhcp-49138.phys.ntnu.no>,
Joakim Hove  <hove at phys.ntnu.no> wrote:
>Following up on my own post:
>
>> [...]  Writing 
>> 
>>    List = [1,2,["List","in","List"]]
>>  
>> in Python is just the way it _should_ be, really nice!
>
>In this case List[0] and List[1] are simple scalars - whearas List[2]
>is a new list (or is this a "unPythonlike" way of thinking ??). Is
>there a way of testing this, i.e.

import types
if type(foo) == types.ListType:
  ...
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