how to assert that method accepts specific types

[Aahz]

In article <3f26a2f1-94cf-4083-9bda-7076959ad784 at k19g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>,
Darren Dale  <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>class Test(object):
>    @accepts(int)
>    def check(self, obj):
>        print obj
>
>t = Test()
>t.check(1)
>
>but now I want Test.check to accept an instance of Test as well. Does
>anyone know how this can be accomplished? The following class
>definition for Test raises a NameError:
>
>class Test(object):
>    @accepts(int, Test)
>    def check(self, obj):
>        print obj

Are you using Python 2.6 or later?  You could probably write a tricky
class decorator that re-wraps all wrapped methods....
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