Set type?

[Fredrik Lundh]

_ wrote:

> How do you check to see if a variable is a set?  I would like to use
> 
> if type(var) is types.SetType:
>    blah
> 
> but that is not available in types module.  I am using 2.4

     # set or subclass of set
     if isinstance(var, set):
         ...

     # exact match
     if type(var) is set:
         ...

also see

     http://preview.tinyurl.com/yjnoc5

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