Replace type() by isinstance()

msgcheck/po.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class PoReport(object):
             return self.message + '\n---'
         if self.idmsg == 'compile':
             return '{0}\n{1}'.format('=' * 70, self.message)
-        is_list = type(self.message) is list
+        is_list = isinstance(self.message, list)
         count = '(%d)' % len(self.message) if is_list else ''
         msg = '{0}\n{1}:{2}: [{3}{4}] {5}{6}'.format(
             '=' * 70,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class PoReport(object):
     def get_misspelled_words(self):
         """Return list of misspelled words."""
-        return self.message if type(self.message) is list else []
+        return self.message if isinstance(self.message, list) else []
 class PoMessage(object):

tests/test_msgcheck.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class TestMsgCheck(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(len(errors), 2)
         for i, word in enumerate(('Thsi', 'errro')):
             self.assertEquals(errors[i].idmsg, 'spelling-id')
-            self.assertTrue(type(errors[i].message) is list)
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(errors[i].message, list))
             self.assertEquals(len(errors[i].message), 1)
             self.assertEquals(errors[i].message[0], word)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class TestMsgCheck(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(len(errors), 3)
         for i, word in enumerate(('CecX', 'aabbcc', 'xxyyzz')):
             self.assertEquals(errors[i].idmsg, 'spelling-str')
-            self.assertTrue(type(errors[i].message) is list)
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(errors[i].message, list))
             self.assertEquals(len(errors[i].message), 1)
             self.assertEquals(errors[i].message[0], word)