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On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:24:27 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>
>... why do you call up "type(dict())"? Why not either just "dict" or "type({})"?
>
	I seldom bother with type checks in my normal quick&dirty programs...
And wasn't certain is {} would also include sets.
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