# HG changeset patch
# User Frederic Bastien <nouiz@nouiz.org>
# Date 1315936953 14400
# Node ID 2b3cff8823826122a0d2dbd14b3fc62fb7dd57e4
# Parent  7f166d01bf8e0bf3b24cf76a2d7bacb72397a9ac
Tell to use isinstance(x, basestring).

diff -r 7f166d01bf8e -r 2b3cff882382 doc/v2_planning/API_coding_style.txt
--- a/doc/v2_planning/API_coding_style.txt	Mon Sep 12 11:59:55 2011 -0400
+++ b/doc/v2_planning/API_coding_style.txt	Tue Sep 13 14:02:33 2011 -0400
@@ -444,6 +444,11 @@
         if __name__ == '__main__':
             sys.exit(main())
 
+    * Avoid isinstance(x, str) as this don't work with unicode string, use:
+
+      .. code-block:: python
+
+          isinstance(x, basestring)
 
 The ``logging`` Module vs. the ``warning`` Module
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