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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-03-16 08:33:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-03-16 08:33:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 6ab8452036beead2b74d38564162b291f2db643c (patch) | |
| tree | 0c0bdae553efcae03bd2f1413d444b85ad6d0aac /Doc/lib | |
| parent | 5a80ff6111ea63ddf92ccbb25d1e5bcb90ff8970 (diff) | |
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RFE #1670167: fix in isinstance() docs.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index c38e9fc..02d07a9 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -567,8 +567,9 @@ class C: \begin{funcdesc}{isinstance}{object, classinfo} Return true if the \var{object} argument is an instance of the \var{classinfo} argument, or of a (direct or indirect) subclass - thereof. Also return true if \var{classinfo} is a type object and - \var{object} is an object of that type. If \var{object} is not a + thereof. Also return true if \var{classinfo} is a type object + (new-style class) and \var{object} is an object of that type or of a + (direct or indirect) subclass thereof. If \var{object} is not a class instance or an object of the given type, the function always returns false. If \var{classinfo} is neither a class object nor a type object, it may be a tuple of class or type objects, or may |