isinstance instead of type

2012-08-06 14:10:00 -04:00
parent a46a37d1c0
commit 3484f5382c
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def course_staff_group_name(course):
    '''
    course should be either a CourseDescriptor instance, or a string (the .course entry of a Location)
    '''
-    if type(course)==str:
+    if isinstance(course,str):
        coursename = course
    else:
        coursename = course.metadata.get('data_dir','UnknownCourseName')