Got rid of isList utility function.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bs4/util.py b/bs4/util.py
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+++ b/bs4/util.py
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+# Helper functions and mixin classes for Beautiful Soup
+
+import types
+try:
+    set
+except NameError:
+    from sets import Set as set
+
+def buildSet(args=None):
+    """Turns a list or a string into a set."""
+    if isinstance(args, str):
+        return set([args])
+    if args is None:
+        return set()
+    return set(args)