Classic and New Style Classes?

[Chris S.]

Leif K-Brooks wrote:

> Chris S. wrote:
> 
> 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

Yeah, minor typo. I needed to differentiate a class definition from a 
class instance, and now I see using isinstance(obj,type) does the trick. 
Thanks a lot.