Patch# 1258 by Christian Heimes: kill basestring.
I like this because it makes the code shorter! :-)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
index 66940f7..bd560a6 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
if val is None:
setattr(self, option, default)
return default
- elif not isinstance(val, basestring):
+ elif not isinstance(val, str):
raise DistutilsOptionError("'%s' must be a %s (got `%s`)"
% (option, what, val))
return val
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@
val = getattr(self, option)
if val is None:
return
- elif isinstance(val, basestring):
+ elif isinstance(val, str):
setattr(self, option, re.split(r',\s*|\s+', val))
else:
if isinstance(val, list):
- ok = all(isinstance(v, basestring) for v in val)
+ ok = all(isinstance(v, str) for v in val)
else:
ok = False
if not ok:
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
# Allow 'infiles' to be a single string
- if isinstance(infiles, basestring):
+ if isinstance(infiles, str):
infiles = (infiles,)
elif not isinstance(infiles, (list, tuple)):
raise TypeError(