Is 'isinstance()' the right thing?

[Erik Max Francis]

Ralf Juengling wrote:

> Thanks, I wasn't aware of these (looked for them in the type module).

I agree, operator seems a strange place for them.

> *BUT*, these (eg. isSequenceType) work only for C extension types,
> right?

No, they work with any object:

>>> import operator
>>> operator.isSequenceType([1, 2, 3])
1
>>> class MyList(list): pass
... 
>>> operator.isSequenceType(MyList())
1

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