try..except or type() or isinstance()?

[Sibylle Koczian]

Am 15.08.2020 um 10:14 schrieb Manfred Lotz:
> Hi Chris,
> Thanks a lot for you advice.
> 
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 16:15:29 +1000
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 3:36 PM Manfred Lotz <ml_news at posteo.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an object which I could initialize providind an int or a str.
>>>
...
> 
> For my use case I don't like this solution as I get the value which
> could be an int or str from a file. Means I would have to check the
> type beforehand in order to know if I have to do O4(val) or
> O4.from_name(val).
> 
> Otherwise, it is admittedly a very good pattern.
> 
> 
Possibly silly question: if the value comes from a file, isn't it a 
string in any case? A string that may be convertible to int or not? Or 
what sort of file do I overlook?

Curious,
Sibylle