Closes #13258: Use callable() built-in in the standard library.
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 63561f7..2202b57 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@
from gettext import gettext as _, ngettext
-def _callable(obj):
- return hasattr(obj, '__call__') or hasattr(obj, '__bases__')
-
-
SUPPRESS = '==SUPPRESS=='
OPTIONAL = '?'
@@ -1286,13 +1282,13 @@
# create the action object, and add it to the parser
action_class = self._pop_action_class(kwargs)
- if not _callable(action_class):
+ if not callable(action_class):
raise ValueError('unknown action "%s"' % (action_class,))
action = action_class(**kwargs)
# raise an error if the action type is not callable
type_func = self._registry_get('type', action.type, action.type)
- if not _callable(type_func):
+ if not callable(type_func):
raise ValueError('%r is not callable' % (type_func,))
# raise an error if the metavar does not match the type
@@ -2240,7 +2236,7 @@
def _get_value(self, action, arg_string):
type_func = self._registry_get('type', action.type, action.type)
- if not _callable(type_func):
+ if not callable(type_func):
msg = _('%r is not callable')
raise ArgumentError(action, msg % type_func)