issubclass¶

Description¶

Returns a Bool type indicating whether an object is a subclass of a class.

Syntax¶

issubclass (class, classinfo)

class: Required. A class.
classinfo: Required. A class, type or a tuple of classes and/or types.

Return Value¶

#TODO

Time Complexity¶

#TODO

Remarks¶

A class is considered a subclass of itself. classinfo may be a tuple of class objects, in which case every entry in classinfo will be checked. In any other case, a TypeError exception is raised.

Example¶

>>> class Foo: pass
...
>>> class Bar(Foo): pass
...
>>> class Snafu: pass
...
>>> issubclass(Bar, Foo)
True
>>> issubclass(Bar, Snafu)
False
>>> issubclass(Foo, Foo)
True
>>> issubclass(Bar, (Foo, Snafu))
True