[Python-3000] Could isinstance/issubclass overriding be dangerous?

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 01:48 PM 4/30/2007 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:
>Currently, isinstance(x, C) implies that the
>C struct layout of x is compatible with that
>defined by C.

No, it doesn't, and hasn't since Python 2.3.


>  I'm worried that changing this
>could cause difficulties for extension modules
>that use PyObject_IsInstance do decide what
>to do with things, e.g. in a binary operator
>method.
>
>--
>Greg
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