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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2011-11-18 16:59:36 (GMT)
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#13387: add note about checking the exact type in assertIsInstance doc.
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@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ Test cases
Test that *obj* is (or is not) an instance of *cls* (which can be a
class or a tuple of classes, as supported by :func:`isinstance`).
+ To check for a specific type (without including superclasses) use
+ :func:`assertIs(type(obj), cls) <assertIs>`.
.. versionadded:: 3.2