New submission from John Runyon: the documentation (https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html#threading.Timer) lists "threading.Timer" as a class. It is not, which means that (for example) you can not use it in isinstance(). "threading._Timer" is a class. "threading.Timer(...).__class__" is a class. "threading.Timer" is a function.
import threading threading.Timer <function Timer at 0x7f99cae23848>
---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 243735 nosy: docs@python, jrunyon priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: threading.Timer is not a class versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24256> _______________________________________