learning python ...

[Manfred Lotz]

On Mon, 24 May 2021 08:14:39 +1200
Ron.Lauzon at f192.n1.z21.fsxnet (Ron Lauzon) wrote:

> -=> hw wrote to All <=-  
> 
>  hw> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  hw>    File "[...]/hworld.py", line 18, in <module>
>  hw>      print(isinstance(int, float))
>  hw> TypeError: isinstance() arg 2 must be a type or tuple of types  
> 
>  hw> I would understand to get an error message in line 5 but not in
>  hw> 18.  Is this a bug or a feature?  
> 
> Python is case sensitive.  Is that supposed to be "isInstance"?
> 
> 

This is easy to check

$ python3
Python 3.9.5 (default, May 14 2021, 00:00:00) 
[GCC 11.1.1 20210428 (Red Hat 11.1.1-1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> isinstance
<built-in function isinstance>
>>> isInstance
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'isInstance' is not defined