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Expand Up @@ -425,6 +425,11 @@ attributes (see :ref:`import-mod-attrs` for module attributes):

Return ``True`` if the object is a bound method written in Python.

Note that accessing a method through the class (rather than an instance)
returns a plain :term:`function`, not a bound method, so :func:`ismethod`
will return ``False`` in that case. See :ref:`instance-methods` in the
language reference for details.


.. function:: ispackage(object)

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