Replace type(a) is (something) with appropiate is_string/is_sequence tests

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/build_scripts.py b/numpy/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
index 9a8a6bfa8..c3f3931c3 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from distutils.command.build_scripts import build_scripts as old_build_scripts
 from numpy.distutils import log
+from numpy.distutils.misc_util import is_string
 
 class build_scripts(old_build_scripts):
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ class build_scripts(old_build_scripts):
         new_scripts = []
         func_scripts = []
         for script in scripts:
-            if type(script) is type(''):
+            if is_string(script):
                 new_scripts.append(script)
             else:
                 func_scripts.append(script)
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ class build_scripts(old_build_scripts):
             script = func(build_dir)
             if not script:
                 continue
-            if type(script) is type([]):
-                [log.info("  adding '%s' to scripts" % (s)) for s in script]
-                new_scripts.extend(script)
-            else:
+            if is_string(script):
                 log.info("  adding '%s' to scripts" % (script))
                 new_scripts.append(script)
+            else:
+                [log.info("  adding '%s' to scripts" % (s)) for s in script]
+                new_scripts.extend(list(script))
         return new_scripts
 
     def run (self):
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class build_scripts(old_build_scripts):
             return
 
         self.scripts = self.generate_scripts(self.scripts)
-        
+
         return old_build_scripts.run(self)
 
     def get_source_files(self):