How to determine the bool between the strings and ints?

[Ricardo Aráoz]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> You know, one or two examples was probably plenty. The other six or seven 
> didn't add anything to your post except length.
> 
> Also, type testing by equality is generally not a good idea. For example:
> 
> class HexInt(int):
>     """Like built-in ints, but print in hex by default."""
>     def __str__(self):
>         return hex(self)
>     __repr__ = __str__
> 
> You should be able to use a HexInt anywhere you can use an int. But not 
> if your code includes something like this:
> 
> if type(value) == int:
>     do_something()
> else:
>     print "Not an int!"
> 
> (What do you mean my HexInt is not an int? Of course it is.)
> 
> Better is to use isinstance(value, int). Better still is to do duck-
> typing, and avoid type() and isinstance() as much as possible.

>>> type(a) == HexInt
True

That's what I wanted (though I don't know if that's what the OP wanted).
BTW, sorry for the wasted bandwidth, didn't realize you might have such
a small bandwidth that seven lines would be a hassle. We should also
tell the blokes of the 'music' thread to stop it, I can imagine how mad
that must get you.