Python - test whether object is a builtin function

Question

Is there a nice way to check whether object o is a builtin Python function?

I know I can use, for example

type(o) == type(pow)

beca

Answer 1

The types module:

>>> import types
>>> types.BuiltinFunctionType

Though, if you look under the hood, you'll find it's not that different from what you're doing now.

So, in your case, use

isinstance(o, types.BuiltinFunctionType)