diff -r 28b23b9073a8 -r d9e385a7a806 mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Fri Jul 13 08:28:57 2007 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Fri Jul 06 12:02:43 2007 +0200
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 class hgweb(object):
     def __init__(self, repo, name=None):
-        if type(repo) == type(""):
+        if isinstance(repo, str):
             self.repo = hg.repository(ui.ui(report_untrusted=False), repo)
         else:
             self.repo = repo