problem : test a type

[Hans Nowak]

polux wrote:
> 
> I'd like to test if an item in dir(math) is a function, but it doesn't 
> work :
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  >>> import math
>  >>> math.cos
> <built-in function cos>
>  >>> math.cos==<built-in function cos>
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>  >>> math.cos=='built-in function cos'
> 0
>  >>>
> 
> I've tried with "type", it doens't work better
> the only way I found to do this is to use srt(math.item) and then test
> 
> Can I do it differently ?

You could use isinstance:

 >>> import types
 >>> def f(x): return 2*x

 >>> isinstance(f, types.FunctionType)
1

...but you're probably better off using the built-in callable() function, that 
matches not just functions, but also methods and other callable objects:

 >>> callable(f)
1

HTH,

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