Getting argument type in python

[kaarthikeyapreyan]

I want to get the type of arguments being passed to a method
for eg.

def sample(num,string):
  print num
  print string

sample(1,'hello')

am expecting an output like :
num -- type int
string -- type string

am able to retrieve it from isinstance method if i get arguments from sample(1,'hello '), but not with (num,string)
which returns
num -- type string
string -- type string

I can understand that these args are assigned with types only during their manipulations
for e.g function sample will throw me a type error if i try to do
num + string

but when constructed using the PyObject they must have been definitely assigned with a data type like char or int
how can i retrieve it if they are defined with PyObjects ?

[Laharl]

You should be able to use the __class__ attribute (compare to literals' __class__ rather than trying to match the string) to do this.

Eg:
[CODE=python]
def foo(bar):
if bar.__class__ == [].__class__:
#bar is a list
pass
elif bar.__class__ == 0.__class__:
#bar is an int
pass
etc
[/CODE]

[kaarthikeyapreyan]

This is what i tried

>>> def hello(name,good):
...   sum=name+good
...   print name.__class__
...

The __class__ returns the attribute of the class or the function defined

>>> hello.__class__
<type 'function'>

how do i get the attributes of the the arguments inside it cause

print name.__class__

did not return anything