type() for new style classes - buggy?

[Michal Vitecek]

hello,

does the type() command work correctly for new style classes? i guess
it does not, unfortunately. for example, for a new style class'
1

how can one then determine what he's working with when he uses new
style classes (either instance or class)?

thank you,

 

[Sidharth Kuruvila]

In the case of new style classes type actually doubles up as a class
constructor, so all classes including type itself are instances type.
.... pass
....
hope this helps
there is some documentation on new style classes you might want to read.
http://www.python.org/doc/newstyle.html
particularly the first essay by Guido.