Python type checking?

[Fredrik Lundh]

<gregj at ancor.com> wrote:
> if (type(argvalue) == 'int'):
>   argvalue = long(argvalue)

type(value) return type objects, not strings.
better make that:

    if type(argvalue) is types.IntType:
        ...

or:

    if type(argvalue) is type(0):
        ...

</F>