type-comparison (E721)#
Derived from the pycodestyle linter.
What it does#
Checks for object type comparisons using ==
and other comparison
operators.
Why is this bad?#
Unlike a direct type comparison, isinstance
will also check if an object
is an instance of a class or a subclass thereof.
If you want to check for an exact type match, use is
or is not
.
Example#
Use instead: