[Python] How to check if my type t is surrounded by typing.List or not? For example check the...

I want to execute different code depending on the type of my t.

I've got the follwing types:

from pydantic import BaseModel
from typing import List

class Person(BaseModel):
name: str
id: int


and

t1 = Person
t2 = List[Person]


now I want to check if my variable tX is if of a list type or a normal type. How can I do that?

def check_if_list(t):
if type(t) == List: # <- this doesn't work how can i do this check
print('LIST') # some code
else:
print('NO LIST') # some code


t1 and t2 would give me:

check_if_list(t1) # prints NO LIST
check_if_list(t2) # prints LIST

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