From 68b6874f59d80c41785a4d4a6874be89ad08fcd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:14:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #25432: Explain isinstance behaviour when type is a tuple. --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 5377335a6e6..97c9f8ded1e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -702,10 +702,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Return true if the *object* argument is an instance of the *classinfo* argument, or of a (direct, indirect or :term:`virtual `) subclass thereof. If *object* is not - an object of the given type, the function always returns false. If - *classinfo* is not a class (type object), it may be a tuple of type objects, - or may recursively contain other such tuples (other sequence types are not - accepted). If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples, + an object of the given type, the function always returns false. + If *classinfo* is a tuple of type objects (or recursively, other such + tuples), return true if *object* is an instance of any of the types. + If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised.