[Python-checkins] r54409 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Fri Mar 16 09:33:47 2007
New Revision: 54409

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
Log:
RFE #1670167: fix in isinstance() docs.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex	Fri Mar 16 09:33:47 2007
@@ -567,8 +567,9 @@
 \begin{funcdesc}{isinstance}{object, classinfo}
   Return true if the \var{object} argument is an instance of the
   \var{classinfo} argument, or of a (direct or indirect) subclass
-  thereof.  Also return true if \var{classinfo} is a type object and
-  \var{object} is an object of that type.  If \var{object} is not a
+  thereof.  Also return true if \var{classinfo} is a type object
+  (new-style class) and \var{object} is an object of that type or of a
+  (direct or indirect) subclass thereof.  If \var{object} is not a
   class instance or an object of the given type, the function always
   returns false.  If \var{classinfo} is neither a class object nor a
   type object, it may be a tuple of class or type objects, or may