"Vassilis Virvilis" <vasvir at iit.demokritos.gr> wrote in message
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> So is it safe to do?
> if type(a) is type(b): blah blah
It will work just the same as
if type(a) == type(b): blah blah
(Both are generally a terrible idea, but in the extremely rare case
where you do need type-identity they're equivalent).
Alex