3 files changed, 12 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
index 6f362f9f70..6f81af4891 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTips.py
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ def get_arg_text(ob):
     arg_text = ""
     if ob is not None:
         arg_offset = 0
-        if type(ob) in (types.ClassType, types.TypeType):
+        if isinstance(ob, type):
             # Look for the highest __init__ in the class chain.
             fob = _find_constructor(ob)
             if fob is None:
                 fob = lambda: None
             else:
                 arg_offset = 1
-        elif type(ob)==types.MethodType:
+        elif isinstace(ob, types.MethodType):
             # bit of a hack for methods - turn it into a function
             # but we drop the "self" param.
             fob = ob.im_func
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def get_arg_text(ob):
         else:
             fob = ob
         # Try to build one for Python defined functions
-        if type(fob) in [types.FunctionType, types.LambdaType]:
+        if isinstance(fob, (types.FunctionType, types.LambdaType)):
             argcount = fob.__code__.co_argcount
             real_args = fob.__code__.co_varnames[arg_offset:argcount]
             defaults = fob.__defaults__ or []
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/ObjectBrowser.py b/Lib/idlelib/ObjectBrowser.py
index 3ef5bb905d..0976d91202 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/ObjectBrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/ObjectBrowser.py
@@ -101,17 +101,14 @@ class DictTreeItem(SequenceTreeItem):
             pass
         return keys
 
-from types import *
-
 dispatch = {
-    IntType: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
-    LongType: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
-    FloatType: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
-    StringType: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
-    TupleType: SequenceTreeItem,
-    ListType: SequenceTreeItem,
-    DictType: DictTreeItem,
-    ClassType: ClassTreeItem,
+    int: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
+    float: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
+    str: AtomicObjectTreeItem,
+    tuple: SequenceTreeItem,
+    list: SequenceTreeItem,
+    dict: DictTreeItem,
+    type: ClassTreeItem,
 }
 
 def make_objecttreeitem(labeltext, object, setfunction=None):
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
index e0412118cd..6471e81bec 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class SocketIO(object):
     def _proxify(self, obj):
         if isinstance(obj, RemoteProxy):
             return RPCProxy(self, obj.oid)
-        if isinstance(obj, types.ListType):
+        if isinstance(obj, list):
             return map(self._proxify, obj)
         # XXX Check for other types -- not currently needed
         return obj
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def _getmethods(obj, methods):
         attr = getattr(obj, name)
         if hasattr(attr, '__call__'):
             methods[name] = 1
-    if type(obj) == types.ClassType:
+    if isinstance(obj, type):
         for super in obj.__bases__:
             _getmethods(super, methods)