How to tell an object's class?

[Edward K. Ream]

Hi,



I would like to create a dictionary of all the classes that exist while my
app is running. This is the best I can do:



def defineClassesDict (self):



self.allClassesDict = {}



for z in gc.get_objects():

t = type(z)

if t == types.ClassType:

name = z.__name__

elif t == types.InstanceType:

name = z.__class__.__name__

elif repr(t).startswith('<class'): # A wretched kludge.

name = z.__class__.__name__

elif t == types.TypeType:

name =z.__name__

else:

name = None

if name:

self.allClassesDict [name] = z



This works, but it relies on a wretched (and slow) kludge, namely the test:



repr(t).startswith('<class')



There seems to be a hole in the types module. Can anyone suggest a better
approach? Thanks.



Edward