How to decide if a object is instancemethod?

Mon Mar 26 05:44:01 EDT 2012

Jon Clements wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:28:58 UTC, Cosmia Luna wrote:
>>> class Foo(object):
>> def bar(self):
>> return 'Something'
>>>> func = Foo().bar
>>>> if type(func) == <type 'instancemethod'>: # This should be always true
>> pass # do something here
>>>> What should type at <type 'instancemethod'>?
>>>> Thanks
>> Cosmia
>>>> import inspect
> if inspect.ismethod(foo):
> # ...
>> Will return True if foo is a bound method.
>> hth
>> Jon
>another alternative :
import types
if type(func) == types.MethodType:
 pass
or possibly better
if isinstance(func, types.MethodType):
 pass
JM