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

[Christophe]

Sybren Stuvel a écrit :
> elderic enlightened us with:
>> are there other ways than the ones below to check for <type
>> 'function'> in a python script?
> 
> First of all, why would you want to? If you want to call the object
> as a function, just do so. Handle the exception that is raised when
> it's raised.

I don't think it's a good idea because when you place a try catch block 
around a function call, you'll catch any exception thrown by the 
function itself and not only the "cannot be called" exception.