other ways to check for <type 'function'>?

[Fredrik Lundh]

elderic wrote:

> I just wanted to know if there was a keyword for functions, too.
> 
> Then u could've done: type(f) is function
> quite similar to: type(x) is int

but why do you think you need that, when you have callable() ?  unless 
you're doing specialized stuff, there's really no reason to distinguish 
between function objects and other callables.

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