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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	Luc Saffre, docs@python, steven.daprano, terry.reedy
Date	2015-06-26.21:20:18
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Message-id	<1435353618.07.0.903720805027.issue24515@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I agree that the tuple explanation if ok. But "Return whether an object is an instance of a class or of a subclass thereof." (3.5) seems wrong. I believe 'subclass' should be 'superclass'. >>> class C: pass >>> class Csub(C): pass >>> isinstance(C(), Csub) False >>> isinstance(Csub(), C) True

I agree that the tuple explanation if ok.  But "Return whether an object is an instance of a class or of a subclass thereof." (3.5) seems wrong.  I believe 'subclass' should be 'superclass'.
    
>>> class C: pass

>>> class Csub(C): pass

>>> isinstance(C(), Csub)
False
>>> isinstance(Csub(), C)
True

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Date	User	Action	Args
2015-06-26 21:20:18	terry.reedy	set	recipients: + terry.reedy, steven.daprano, docs@python, Luc Saffre
2015-06-26 21:20:18	terry.reedy	set	messageid: <1435353618.07.0.903720805027.issue24515@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2015-06-26 21:20:18	terry.reedy	link	issue24515 messages
2015-06-26 21:20:18	terry.reedy	create