[Pyrex] Type() on Pyrex classes

[Joseph Koshy]

Hi List,

The following Pyrex classes behave differently under type():

  +-+-+ "a.pyx" +-+-+
  cdef class Foo:
	  pass

  class Bar:
	  pass

  class Buzz(Foo):
	  pass
  +-+-+         +-+-+

Sample session:

  --------
  Python 2.2.1 (#1, Oct  5 2002, 11:19:44)
  [GCC 2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd4
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> import a

  >>> a1 = a.Foo()
  >>> type(a1)
  <type 'a.Foo'>

  >>> a2 = a.Bar()
  >>> type(a2)
  <type 'instance'>

  >>> a3 = a.Buzz()
  >>> type(a3)
  <class '__main__.Buzz'>
  --------

What *is* the difference between a 'type' and a 'class' in Python? 

Can I determine the type of a Pyrex'ed classes object statically?  E.g.-
I'd like my module to export symbols 'FooType', 'BarType' and 'BuzzType'
which reference the appropriate type objects.

-- 
Joseph Koshy                           <jkoshy at freebsd.org>
Developer, The FreeBSD Project         http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy/