[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-547953 ] inconsistency in "Using the cgi module"
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Bugs item #547953, was opened at 2002-04-24 03:51
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.2.1 candidate
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: James Henstridge (jhenstridge)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
>Summary: inconsistency in "Using the cgi module"
Initial Comment:
In the library reference, there is an inconsistency in
the "Using the cgi module" page. It says to test
whether a list of values has been returned by using the
type() function. The example immediately below then
uses isinstance() to check for a list.
It should probably be updated to tell people just to
use isinstance(). It might also be better to just use
"list" rather than "ListType" in the isinstance() call:
if isinstance(value, list):
...
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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2002-04-26 16:45
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Fixed in Doc/lib/libcgi.tex revisions 1.36, 1.35.4.1, and
1.28.6.1.
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