[issue7390] inconsistent type return

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

`instance` means it is an instance of an old-style class. Old-style
classes are classes which don't have `object` in their inheritance
hierarchy.
On the other hand, for instance new-style classes type() returns the
actual class.
Bottom line: this is by design. Of course in an ideal world (or in
Python 3) there are only new-style classes, but we had to maintain
compatibility, and that's why there are two slightly different object
models cohabiting in Python 2.x.

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nosy: +pitrou
resolution:  -> invalid

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