From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:15:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Follow current recommended practice in an example:  Use isinstance() to
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Follow current recommended practice in an example:  Use isinstance() to
perform a type test instead of type(x) == types.FoobarType.  In example
for type().
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 51edb331e167..36582da0af6e 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ For instance:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
 >>> import types
->>> if type(x) == types.StringType: print "It's a string"
+>>> if isinstance(x, types.StringType): print "It's a string"
 \end{verbatim}\ecode
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Doc/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
index 51edb331e167..36582da0af6e 100644
--- a/Doc/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ For instance:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
 >>> import types
->>> if type(x) == types.StringType: print "It's a string"
+>>> if isinstance(x, types.StringType): print "It's a string"
 \end{verbatim}\ecode
 \end{funcdesc}