runtime type information in python?

[Daniel Berlin]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Issac Trotts wrote:

> Suppose I execute the following code:
> 
> class C: pass
> class B(C): pass
> b=B();
> 
> How do I find out what kind of object b is?

Easy, it's an instance.

use type(b) to find that out.

> How can I find out whether b is-a C?
isinstance(b,C)

> 
> Thanks,
> Issac
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