#!/usr/bin/python class Outer(object): class Inner(object): pass pass class AnotherOuter(object): class Inner(object): pass pass item1 = Outer.Inner() item2 = AnotherOuter.Inner() print('TYPE(item1):', type(item1)) print('TYPE(item2):', type(item2)) print('TYPE(item1) == TYPE(item2):', type(item1) == type(item2))