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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-10-28 07:14:56 (GMT)
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Issue #25432: Explain isinstance behaviour when type is a tuple.
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@@ -702,10 +702,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Return true if the *object* argument is an instance of the *classinfo*
argument, or of a (direct, indirect or :term:`virtual <abstract base
class>`) subclass thereof. If *object* is not
- an object of the given type, the function always returns false. If
- *classinfo* is not a class (type object), it may be a tuple of type objects,
- or may recursively contain other such tuples (other sequence types are not
- accepted). If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples,
+ an object of the given type, the function always returns false.
+ If *classinfo* is a tuple of type objects (or recursively, other such
+ tuples), return true if *object* is an instance of any of the types.
+ If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples,
a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised.