#4968: updates to inspect.is* function docs.

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Georg Brandl 2010-10-15 16:53:24 +00:00
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@ -204,18 +204,19 @@ attributes:
.. function:: isclass(object)
Return true if the object is a class.
Return true if the object is a class, whether built-in or created in Python
code.
.. function:: ismethod(object)
Return true if the object is a method.
Return true if the object is a bound method written in Python.
.. function:: isfunction(object)
Return true if the object is a Python function or unnamed (:term:`lambda`)
function.
Return true if the object is a Python function, which includes functions
created by a :term:`lambda` expression.
.. function:: isgeneratorfunction(object)
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.. function:: isbuiltin(object)
Return true if the object is a built-in function.
Return true if the object is a built-in function or a bound built-in method.
.. function:: isroutine(object)
Return true if the object is a user-defined or built-in function or method.
.. function:: isabstract(object)
Return true if the object is an abstract base class.
@ -259,8 +261,9 @@ attributes:
.. function:: ismethoddescriptor(object)
Return true if the object is a method descriptor, but not if :func:`ismethod`
or :func:`isclass` or :func:`isfunction` are true.
Return true if the object is a method descriptor, but not if
:func:`ismethod`, :func:`isclass`, :func:`isfunction` or :func:`isbuiltin`
are true.
This, for example, is true of ``int.__add__``. An object passing this test
has a :attr:`__get__` attribute but not a :attr:`__set__` attribute, but