type() new style class instance says "class", not "ObjectType"

[phil]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:
> 
> I'll explain to you why lots of code does typetesting if you explain to me 
> lemmings' alleged propensity for hurling themselves off a cliff.  You go 
> first -- I suspect I can then just copy and paste your explanation right 
> back to you:-).
> 

It seems we have Walt Disney to blame for this:

http://www.snopes2.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm

Unlikely that typetesting has a similar origin, although there is at
least one python in the Disney version of the Jungle Book.

Regards, Phil