"faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > what's wrong with hasattr(obj, '__call__')?
I have the impression that this is not currently true for all callables . If not, this may be improved in the future. >> Antoon Pardon >> Is there a chance this will be reconsidered? The items in PEP 3100 have different levels of certainly. Some may even get changed after experience with the alpha versions. Guido is allowing a year from first alpha (early 2007?) to final release, instead of the current 4-5 months. There has been recent discussion since of iscallable and some other isxxxx()s. The points you mentioned were raised and considered. I don't remember if there was a decision for the present. Two of the bigger negatives for 'iscallable': 1. You cannot know for sure until you call and get a return. 2. It does not say if the candidate is callable with any particular number or set of parameters. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
