where are isinstance types documented?

[Fredrik Lundh]

codefire wrote:

> I'm using the isinstance built-in function. I've found the docs for it,
> but there are no docs on the supported types.

*all* types and classes can be used.

> For example isinstance(a, int) works fine but isinstance(s, string)
> doesn't - because 'string is not known'.
> 
> I do know how to import the types module and then use defined types
> such as 'types.StringType' - but the documentation says that from 2.2
> this is not the preferred way.
> 
> So, where's the documentation for types I can use with isinstance, such
> as 'int'?

based on http://docs.python.org/ref/types.html, here's a list of the 
most commonly used core types:

None:
     (singleton; use "is None" to test for this)

Numbers:
     int
     long
     bool
     float
     complex

Sequences:
     str
     unicode
     tuple
     list

Mappings:
     dict

Class Types:
     (any class defined using "class")

Files:
     file

hope this helps!

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