sufficiently pythonic code for testing type of function

[A.T.Hofkamp]

On 2006-10-11, Bruno Desthuilliers <onurb at xiludom.gro> wrote:
>
> Now the real question : what if the object is not an instance of any of
> the types, but still support the expected interface ?
>

one possible answer: Use ZopeInterfaces
(and ask objects 'do you implement interface X' rather than 'are you type Y')

Not sure what options you have when dealing with builtin data types however.


Albert