See exactly what a function has returned

[Roy Smith]

In article <ci9tfk$71t$1 at solaris.cc.vt.edu>,
 Brad Tilley <bradtilley at usa.net> wrote:

> Is there an easier way to do this:
> 
> def print_whats_returned(function):
>      print function
>      print type(function)

In the general case, this is not possible.  A function can return 
different things at different times.  Consider the following function:

def getSomething ():
   if random.random () < 0.5:
      return 42
   else:
      return "fourty-two"

so what type would you say this returns?