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How do I check if an item is of the `bytes` type? Also, how do I test things are an instance of `tuple`?

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I’m on python 3, and I need to validate that certain objects are of bytes or bytearray type.

I’ve tried all of the relevant type-names, and none of them appear to work. Additionally, there is apparently nothing in the documentation about either type.

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fake-namecommented, Apr 6, 2016

no, the word tuple isn’t mentioned, and there can be no exhausting list that covers all types that are sequences. that is why the doc concerning the abstract class is linked.

Ok, I don’t disagree with that, but you should at least cover the most common python native types. There’s a grand total of maybe 10 types in majorly common use.

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funkyfuturecommented, Apr 6, 2016

btw, the docs from the master branch are reflected here: http://docs.python-cerberus.org/en/latest/usage.html

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