Equivalent to c++ typeof(x)

[Michael Chermside]

> Is there any equivalent in Python to the C++ construct
> 
> typeof(<instance variable>) == typeof(<class>)


You might try this:

a.__class__ == b.__class__

But there's probably a better way involving isinstance().

Of course, this causes problems if one of the objects is replaced by a 
subtype of the expected type, but that's inherent in the posed problem 
of making sure that two objects have the same type.

-- Michael Chermside