How to tell an object's class?

[Edward K. Ream]

Hi,

I would like to create a dictionary of all the classes that exist while my
app is running. This is the best I can do:

def defineClassesDict (self):

self.allClassesDict = {}

for z in gc.get_objects():

t = type(z)

if t == types.ClassType:

name = z.__name__

elif t == types.InstanceType:

name = z.__class__.__name__

elif repr(t).startswith('<class'): # A wretched kludge.

name = z.__class__.__name__

elif t == types.TypeType:

name =z.__name__

else:

name = None

if name:

self.allClassesDict [name] = z

This works, but it relies on a wretched (and slow) kludge, namely the test:

repr(t).startswith('<class')

There seems to be a hole in the types module. Can anyone suggest a better
approach? Thanks.

Edward
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