[Q] Type checking...

[Fredrik Lundh]

Olivier Deckmyn <olivier.deckmyn at mail.dotcom.fr> wrote:
> Abstract : [Q]How to check the type of an instance before(after?) sending it
> to a method...

also see:

    http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.47
    "4.47 How do I check if an object is an instance
    of a given class or of a subclass of it?"

which also points out that explicit class testing
might indicate bad design...  it's usually more
"pythonish" to just expect a valid object, and
trust the "user" to figure out that what the
AttributeError exceptions mean...

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