What are the differences between type() and isinstance()?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549...

Question links:
[type]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functi...
[isinstance]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functi...

Accepted answer links:
[PEP 3119]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/
[here]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/...
[here]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_me...
[here]: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-py.../
[here]: http://docs.python.org/library/abc.html
[here]: http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/abc.h...
[collections]: http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/colle...
[here]: http://docs.python.org/library/collectio...
[UserDict.DictMixin]: http://docs.python.org/library/userdict....

Answer 2 links:
[How to compare type of an object in Python?]: https://stackoverflow.com/q/707674/13410...

Answer 3 links:
[Liskov Substitution]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov_subs...

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