Why would I use inspect.isclass()?

[Steve Holden]

it's me wrote:

> Okay, Nick, I didn't know you can pass a "Class" rather then an instance.  I
> have to chew on what your example does.
> 
> But no, I want to pass an instance of a Class.  But how do I know that the
> calling routine *did* pass me a class - pardon me: an instance of a Class?
> 
You should Google for "duck typing" and stop worrying so much about what 
your functions//methods have been passed.

At least, that's the traditional Python approach. I suspect you are 
still trying to program in C in Python :-)

regards
  Steve
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