Patch# 1258 by Christian Heimes: kill basestring.

I like this because it makes the code shorter! :-)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

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 @@ class Command:
         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 @@ class Command:
         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 @@ class Command:
 
 
         # 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(