NEWBIE: What's the instance name?

[Bengt Richter]

On 29 Dec 2003 00:36:09 -0800, danb_83 at yahoo.com (Dan Bishop) wrote:

>engsolnom at ipns.com wrote in message news:<6q2vuv45lsah3epo9loa7l2tp9517makk4 at 4ax.com>...
>> Hi,
>> I've been using constructs(?) like the below.
>> 
>> def display(instance, start = None, end = None):
>>     if instance.__class__.__name__ == 'UPCA':
>
>You might want to try the isinstance function.

<nit>

That's the usual idiom, but it should be noted that
it's not exactly the same, e.g.,

 >>> class A: pass
 ...
 >>> class B(A): pass
 ...
 >>> a=A(); b=B()
 >>> isinstance(a, A)
 True
 >>> isinstance(b, A)
 True
 >>> a.__class__.__name__ == 'A'
 True
 >>> b.__class__.__name__ == 'A'
 False

That last, again, is not the same as
 >>> isinstance(b, A)
 True

</nit>

Regards,
Bengt Richter