[Tutor] Test for type(object) == ???

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 01:00:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> boB Stepp <robertvstepp at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I was playing around with type() tonight.  If I type (pun intended), I get:
> >
> > py3: type(5)
> > <class 'int'>
> 
> Ceci n'est pas un ‘int’.
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-- 
Steve