pre-PEP generic objects

[Steven Bethard]

Peter Otten wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
> 
>>def __eq__(self, other):
>>    """x.__eq__(y) <==> x == y"""
>>    return (isinstance(other, self.__class__)
>>            and self.__dict__ == other.__dict__)
> 
> This results in an asymmetry:
> 
[snip]
> 
> Whether this is intended, I don't know. If someone can enlighten me...
> 
> In any case I would prefer self.__class__ == other.__class__ over
> isinstance().

Unintended.  I'll switch to
     self.__class__ == other.__class__
or
     type(self) == type(other)
Any preference?

Steve