> Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > py> class A:
> > ... pass
> > ...
> > py> class B:
> > ... pass
> > ...
> > py> a = A()
> > py> a.__class__ == A
> > True
> > py> a.__class__ == B
> > False
"Just" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Uh, isinstance(a, A) works for both new-style and old-style classes.
> Heck, isinstance() even works in Python 1.5.2...
Oh, there! Not that there is anything wrong with new classes, but that
is just the sort of thing that I expected to find. No, neither of these is
bad at all. I was looking for something like the obj.__class__ attribute,
but I couldn't see it under dir(obj). So, why is _class__ magically tucked
away where you can't see it? That doesn't seem very "Pythonic".
I also looked in my two python books for instance(), or instanceof()
functions - wasn't seeing anything. Actually, now that I check the indices
of "Learning Python" 1E & "Programming Python" 2E, I don't see isinstance()
either. How unfortunate. :(
As an aside, I notice a lot of other people's interpreters actually
print 'True' or 'False' where my system prints 0 or 1. Is that a
configuration that can easily set somewhere?
Thanks for your help!
-ej
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