make two utility functions for type checking less complicatedprimitive-class

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/TurtleArt/tautils.py b/TurtleArt/tautils.py
index 379a1d3..650f2ec 100644
--- a/TurtleArt/tautils.py
+++ b/TurtleArt/tautils.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def chr_to_ord(x):
     ''' Try to comvert a string to an ord '''
     if strtype(x) and len(x) == 1:
         try:
-            return ord(x[0]), True
+            return ord(x), True
         except ValueError:
             return x, False
     return x, False
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ def chr_to_ord(x):
 
 def strtype(x):
     ''' Is x a string type? '''
-    if isinstance(x, (str, unicode)):
-        return True
-    return False
+    return isinstance(x, basestring)
 
 
 def increment_name(name):