Static typing in py [was Re: Some notes]

[gabriele renzi]

Alex Martelli ha scritto:

> gabriele renzi <rff_rff at remove-yahoo.it> wrote:
>    ...
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>>On a related note: What is supposed to be a type in python?
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> Since 'type' is a Python built-in, just like, say, 'int', I think the
> answer is pretty clear: "X is a type" means isinstance(X, type), just
> like "X is an int" means isinstance(X, int).
> 

doh! dumb me , thank you for pointing out :)