[Tutor] Types of instances

[Einar Th. Einarsson]

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Hey folks.

How do I discover the type of an object at runtime?

For example if I have piece of code like:

try:
    raise AttributeException, "blah"
except Exception, e:
    print type(e)

python happily tells me that e is an instance....which is kinda bloody obvi=
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and utterly useless information.  I want to know if e is a AttributeError, =
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a TypeError or something else alltogether.=20

The repr(object) function almost does what I want, and it's trivial to writ=
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wrapper function around that would serve my purposes, except that I'd also =

like to know the type of the parent class(es), if any, and thus potentially=
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discover the pedigree of the class in question at runtime.

So, is there something in the Python language or it's built-in stuff that d=
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this?

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Disclaimer: I'm not as smart as I think I am.

Yours etc.
    Einar Th.

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