isinstance is broken

[Michael Hudson]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:

> Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> > I think not, because a type is always an object.
> > 
> > isinstance(c, object) == issubclass(type(c), object) == True.
> >                       ^
> >            except for old-style instances
> 
> Why would an explicit equality comparison to True (or False) ever be
> useful?

What?  I was making a point about why isinstance(<anything>, object)
is true, not suggesting code that anyone would write.

feeling-I've-missed-your-point-ly y'rs,
M.

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