From 24b2bc365467218ee719f6155d04b1f2962742c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 07:31:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove assert that checked if a parameter was an instance of
 Request.  Closes patch #639139.

---
 Lib/urllib2.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index 57de99ca31b..923ba9c840b 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ class OpenerDirector:
             req = fullurl
             if data is not None:
                 req.add_data(data)
-        assert isinstance(req, Request) # really only care about interface
 
         result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, 'default',
                                   'default_open', req)