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Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?

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Date 2014-07-07 00:45 +1000
Subject Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:34 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> * You can print type(foo), to find out exactly what it is (useful when
> even printing repr() doesn't explain what's going on).

And very VERY occasionally, print(id(type(foo))) comes in handy,
because two types might look the same, but an isinstance check looks
(modulo subclassing) at type identity. :) But yes, the info Roy listed
is normally what you'll be wanting.

ChrisA

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Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 05:13 -0700
  Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-06 07:54 -0500
    Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 06:38 -0700
      Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 07:18 -0700
        Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 10:34 -0400
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 00:45 +1000
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 15:47 +0100
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 08:53 -0700
            Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 12:01 -0400
        Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 08:03 -0700
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-07-06 17:46 +0200
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 09:02 -0700
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 19:29 +0100
          Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-06 13:32 -0700
            Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 13:42 -0700
      Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 15:25 +0100
  Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 09:01 -0700

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