Classic and New Style Classes?

[Leif K-Brooks]

Chris S. wrote:
> I'm generating the source of an object from a list of objects. Therefore 
> I need to determine if the object is a class definition (i.e. 'def 
> something(whatever):') or a class instance (i.e. 'somename = 
> somethingelse()').

I'm assuming you meant 'class something(whatever):' rather than def. If 
so, this should work:


 >>> class Foo(object):
...     pass
...
 >>> isinstance(Foo, type)
True
 >>> isinstance(Foo(), type)
False