TypeError: cannot create weak reference to 'builtin_function_or_method' object

[holger krekel]

Kaleb Pederson wrote:
> I have some code as follows:
> 
> ...
> print type(None) != types.StringType
> ...
> 
> Which results in:
> TypeError: cannot create weak reference to 'builtin_function_or_method' 
> object

strange.  in fact, doubly strange because i don't get the meaning of 
the above line. 

Can you post the real code (the whole method) along with a traceback?

    holger