[Python-Dev] Revive the types sig?

[Thomas Bellman]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> Paul Moore wrote:

>>     def f(n):
>>         assert <n supports the "integer" interface>

> footnote: the correct way to spell this is:

>         assert isinstance(n, type(1)) # or types.IntType

But that doesn't mean the same thing!  There is a difference
between following a certain interface specification, and
inhereting from a common base class.


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