type-checking / type() function

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	Ben S [SMTP:newsgroups2002 at thedarkness.fsnet.co.uk]
> How can I implement rudimentary type-checking in the functions where I
> need it? (Where user Python code passes parameters to my Python code,
> for example.) I figure the type() function is what I need, but I can't
> find much information on what exactly it returns, and 'InstanceType'
> isn't specific enough. Is there a way of getting the class name from an
> instance?
 
You might want to look at Grouch -
<http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/grouch/>.

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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