unidiomatic-typecheck.md

Pattern: Unidiomatic type check

Issue: -

Description

This rule enforces PEP 8 recommendation to always use isinstance() instead of comparing types directly. Even though latter code is correct, it's less readable and is not considered 'pythonic'.

Example of incorrect code:

if type(obj) is type(1):

Example of correct code:

if isinstance(obj, int):

Further Reading

• PEP 8 - Programming Recommendations