#13387: add note about checking the exact type in assertIsInstance doc.

4941c232 · Ezio Melotti · 7d63d29a · 4941c232
Commit 4941c232 authored Nov 18, 2011 by Ezio Melotti
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@@ -895,6 +895,8 @@ Test cases

      Test that *obj* is (or is not) an instance of *cls* (which can be a
      class or a tuple of classes, as supported by :func:`isinstance`).
+      To check for a specific type (without including superclasses) use
+      :func:`assertIs(type(obj), cls) <assertIs>`.

      .. versionadded:: 2.7