https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1cc98b70b53b3948f9bfa0ebc004e1f49a4f16cd commit: 1cc98b70b53b3948f9bfa0ebc004e1f49a4f16cd branch: 3.14 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: encukou <[email protected]> date: 2026-05-19T00:54:13+02:00 summary:
[3.14] gh-72088: clarify `inspect.ismethod` and `inspect.isfunction` (and related) usage with class-level access (GH-150013) (GH-150033) (cherry picked from commit 0aa59ce2d4f007a9d19740eb2f6230ed302096f7) Co-authored-by: Stefanie Molin <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: CHINMAY <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/inspect.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst index 1e0ad1a010e53a..7a69e246e12cb0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst +++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst @@ -407,12 +407,39 @@ attributes (see :ref:`import-mod-attrs` for module attributes): Return ``True`` if the object is a bound method written in Python. + .. note:: -.. function:: ispackage(object) + For example, given this class:: - Return ``True`` if the object is a :term:`package`. + >>> class Greeter: + ... def say_hello(self): + ... print('hello!') - .. versionadded:: 3.14 + A bound method (also known as an *instance method*) is created when + accessing ``say_hello`` (a :term:`function` defined in the + ``Greeter`` namespace) through an instance of the ``Greeter`` class:: + + >>> instance = Greeter() + + >>> instance.say_hello + <bound method Greeter.say_hello of <__main__.Greeter object ...>> + >>> ismethod(instance.say_hello) + True + >>> isfunction(instance.say_hello) + False + + Accessing ``say_hello`` through the ``Greeter`` class will return the + function itself. For this function, :func:`ismethod` will return + ``False``, but :func:`isfunction` will return ``True``:: + + >>> Greeter.say_hello + <function Greeter.say_hello at 0x7f7503854a90> + >>> ismethod(Greeter.say_hello) + False + >>> isfunction(Greeter.say_hello) + True + + See :ref:`typesmethods` for details. .. function:: isfunction(object) @@ -420,11 +447,23 @@ attributes (see :ref:`import-mod-attrs` for module attributes): Return ``True`` if the object is a Python function, which includes functions created by a :term:`lambda` expression. + See the note for :func:`~inspect.ismethod` for an example. + + +.. function:: ispackage(object) + + Return ``True`` if the object is a :term:`package`. + + .. versionadded:: 3.14 + .. function:: isgeneratorfunction(object) Return ``True`` if the object is a Python generator function. + It also returns ``True`` for bound methods created from Python generator functions + (see :ref:`typesmethods` for more information). + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Functions wrapped in :func:`functools.partial` now return ``True`` if the wrapped function is a Python generator function. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
