[XML-SIG] setAttribute DOM question-newbie

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Thomas B. Passin writes:
 > >             if type(s) != type(""):
 > >                 s = `s`
 > 
 > I would have used
 >      s=str(row[i])
 > 
 > A bit simpler...

  Simpler, but the semantics are different.  A cleaner approach might
be:

	if not isinstance(s, StringType):
	    s = `s`


  -Fred

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