type-none-comparison (FURB169)

Derived from the refurb linter.

Fix is sometimes available.

What it does

Checks for uses of type that compare the type of an object to the type of None.

Why is this bad?

There is only ever one instance of None, so it is more efficient and readable to use the is operator to check if an object is None.

Example

type(obj) is type(None)

Use instead:

obj is None

References

• Python documentation: isinstance
• Python documentation: None
• Python documentation: type
• Python documentation: Identity comparisons