learning python. learning defining functions . need help

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 08:21:17 -0700
justin walters <walters.justin01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You could also replace that line with:
> 
>     if stock is None or type(stock) != dict:

Use isinstance().  That handles classes that subclass dict as well.

-- 
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
System Administrator, Vex.Net
http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:darcy at Vex.Net
VoIP: sip:darcy at Vex.Net