仅在python2中(不是python3):

assert not isinstance(lst, basestring)

实际上是你想要的，否则你会错过很多像列表一样的东西，但不是list或tuple的子类。

我在测试用例中这样做。

def assertIsIterable(self, item):
    #add types here you don't want to mistake as iterables
    if isinstance(item, basestring): 
        raise AssertionError("type %s is not iterable" % type(item))

    #Fake an iteration.
    try:
        for x in item:
            break;
    except TypeError:
        raise AssertionError("type %s is not iterable" % type(item))

没有在发电机上进行测试，我认为如果通过发电机，你会在下一次“屈服”时留下，这可能会把下游的事情搞砸。不过，这是一个unittest

我倾向于这样做(如果我真的，真的必须这么做的话):

for i in some_var:
   if type(i) == type(list()):
       #do something with a list
   elif type(i) == type(tuple()):
       #do something with a tuple
   elif type(i) == type(str()):
       #here's your string

Python 3:

import collections.abc

if isinstance(obj, collections.abc.Sequence) and not isinstance(obj, str):
    print("`obj` is a sequence (list, tuple, etc) but not a string or a dictionary.")

在3.3版更改:将“集合抽象基类”的全局命名空间从abc移动到集合。美国广播公司(abc)模块。为了向后兼容，它们将继续在这个模块中可见，直到3.8版，它将停止工作。

Python 2:

import collections

if isinstance(obj, collections.Sequence) and not isinstance(obj, basestring):
    print "`obj` is a sequence (list, tuple, etc) but not a string or unicode or dictionary."

assert (type(lst) == list) | (type(lst) == tuple), "Not a valid lst type, cannot be string"

就这么做

if type(lst) in (list, tuple):
    # Do stuff