Symplify TypeError messages in Expression.__new__

[linpy.git] / pypol / linexprs.py

diff --git a/pypol/linexprs.py b/pypol/linexprs.py
index a9f188b..b23eea8 100644 (file)
--- a/pypol/linexprs.py
+++ b/pypol/linexprs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import functools
 import numbers
 import re
 
-from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
+from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict, Mapping
 from fractions import Fraction, gcd
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Expression:
             return Expression.fromstring(coefficients)
         if coefficients is None:
             return Rational(constant)
-        if isinstance(coefficients, dict):
+        if isinstance(coefficients, Mapping):
             coefficients = coefficients.items()
         for symbol, coefficient in coefficients:
             if not isinstance(symbol, Symbol):
@@ -65,14 +65,12 @@ class Expression:
             if isinstance(coefficient, Rational):
                 coefficient = coefficient.constant
             if not isinstance(coefficient, numbers.Rational):
-                raise TypeError('coefficients must be rational numbers '
-                    'or Rational instances')
+                raise TypeError('coefficients must be Rational instances')
             self._coefficients[symbol] = coefficient
         if isinstance(constant, Rational):
             constant = constant.constant
         if not isinstance(constant, numbers.Rational):
-            raise TypeError('constant must be a rational number '
-                'or a Rational instance')
+            raise TypeError('constant must be a Rational instance')
         self._constant = constant
         self._symbols = tuple(self._coefficients)
         self._dimension = len(self._symbols)
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@ class Expression:
 
     def subs(self, symbol, expression=None):
         if expression is None:
-            if isinstance(symbol, dict):
+            if isinstance(symbol, Mapping):
                 symbol = symbol.items()
             substitutions = symbol
         else: