Testing for is-kind-of relationships (at runtime)

[Alain Desilets]

Is there a way in Python to test for "is-kind-of" relationships?

For example, suppose x is an instance of A which is a subclass of B
which is a subclass of C. I want to be able to ascertain at run time
that x is a descendant of class C.

Thanks.

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Alain Désilets

Research Officer
National Research Council Canada
Institute for Information Technology

Agent de recherche
Conseil national de recherche Canada
Institut de technologies de l'information

email/courriel: alain.desilets at iit.nrc.ca

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