Patch# 1258 by Christian Heimes: kill basestring.
I like this because it makes the code shorter! :-)
diff --git a/Lib/timeit.py b/Lib/timeit.py
index 1d2bf08..5ce9b4a 100644
--- a/Lib/timeit.py
+++ b/Lib/timeit.py
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@
"""Constructor. See class doc string."""
self.timer = timer
ns = {}
- if isinstance(stmt, basestring):
+ if isinstance(stmt, str):
stmt = reindent(stmt, 8)
- if isinstance(setup, basestring):
+ if isinstance(setup, str):
setup = reindent(setup, 4)
src = template % {'stmt': stmt, 'setup': setup}
elif hasattr(setup, '__call__'):
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
self.inner = ns["inner"]
elif hasattr(stmt, '__call__'):
self.src = None
- if isinstance(setup, basestring):
+ if isinstance(setup, str):
_setup = setup
def setup():
exec(_setup, globals(), ns)