It seems that checking isinstance(..., io.IOBase) is the 'correct' way to determine if an object is 'file-like'.
However, when defining my own file-like class, it doesn't seem to work:
import io
class file_like():
def __init__(self):
pass
def write(self, line):
print("Written:", line)
def close(self):
pass
def flush(self):
pass
print(isinstance(file_like(), io.IOBase))
# Prints 'False'
How can I make it work?