type(type) is an object, not an instance

[Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)]

Sip wrote:
> I don't know if this can be called a bug, but type(type) is the type 
> object, not an instance of it

Actually, it's both! It's an instance of itself:

Python 2.2 (#1, Jul 11 2002, 14:19:37)
[GCC 3.0.4] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> isinstance(type, type)
1

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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
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