isinstance is broken

[Jp Calderone]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 08:50:25AM -0800, Michele Simionato wrote:
> There are inconsistencies in "isinstance".
> 
> Example 1:
> 
> >>> isinstance(int,object)
> 1
> 
> gives no error message. I don't like it, an error should be
> raised. There is issubclass for that job:
> 
> >>> issubclass(int,object)
> 1
> 

  This isn't an inconsistency.

>>> int.__class__.__bases__
(<type 'object'>,)

  If it returned 0, it would be inconsistent.

  For the rest of your examples, I'm not sure I like the behavior, but it
does seem intentional.  I'd be interested to here from a Python developer
just why this behavior was decided upon.

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