isinstance is broken

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

On 18 Jan 2003 08:50:25 -0800, mis6 at pitt.edu (Michele Simionato) wrote:

>There are inconsistencies in "isinstance".
>
>Example 1:
>
>>>> isinstance(int,object)
>1
>
>gives no error message. I don't like it, an error should be
>raised. There is issubclass for that job:
>
>>>> issubclass(int,object)
>1
>

I think you are wrong here. *Every* builtin object, types included, are
instances of object. In another way, everything (builtin) in Python is
an object in the two meanings of the word.

With my best regards,
G. Rodrigues