Checking whether type is None

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:47:07 +0000, Gilmeh Serda wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:33:27 -0700, Tobiah wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to get away from things like:
>> 
>> 	>>> type(thing) is type(None)
> 
> How about:
> 
>     >>> some_thing = None
>     >>> type(some_thing).__str__(some_thing)
>     'None'
> 
> Equally weird, I'd say, but what the heck...

class Foo:
    def __str__(self):
        return 'None'



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