introspection question: get return type

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

flamz3d at gmail.com a écrit :
> Hello,
> I am wondering if it's possible to get the return value of a method
> *without* calling it

Getting the return *value* without calling the function ? heck, that 
would be really helpful - we'd save quiet a lot on function call 
overhead and function execution time !-)

> using introspection?
> 
> something like this, suppose I want to know the type of the return
> value for the method "getsomething". Is it possible to get it without
> actually calling 'getsomething'?

Oh, you meant the "return type" ? Nope, no way. It just doesn't make 
sense given Python's dynamic typing.