Note that PyNumber_Check() returns true for string and unicode objects.

6c194761 · Neil Schemenauer · fe4f769f · 6c194761
Commit 6c194761 authored Nov 18, 2002 by Neil Schemenauer
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+- PyNumber_Check() now returns true for string and unicode objects.
+  This is a result of these types having a partially defined
+  tp_as_number slot.
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 - The string object's layout has changed: the pointer member
  ob_sinterned has been replaced by an int member ob_sstate.  On some
  platforms (e.g. most 64-bit systems) this may change the offset of