[Python] How to fix isinstance failing in pytest when object comes from a different module...

If one module returns an instance from another module, isinstance in pytest fails. My directory structure:

project/
|--pytest.ini
|--src/
|----__init__.py
|----bar.py
|----foo.py
|--test/
|----test_1.py


bar.py can return a Bar() instance directly with bar.get_bar() or foo.py can return a Bar() instance created indirectly with foo.get_bar():

#bar.py
class Bar:
pass

def get_bar():
return Bar()


#foo.py
import bar

def get_bar():
return bar.Bar()


The test below fails on the 2nd isinstance:

import src.bar
import src.foo

def test_1():
# When the object is supplied by the called module, the type is correct
bar1 = src.bar.get_bar()
assert isinstance(bar1, src.bar.Bar)

# When the object is supplied by another module, the type is incorrect
bar2 = src.foo.get_bar()
assert isinstance(bar2, src.bar.Bar)


This is because bar1 is <src.bar.Bar object at ...> and bar2 is <bar.Bar object at ...>. I can replace isinstance with:

def same_name(obj_: Any, type_: type) -> bool:
return obj_.__class__.__name__ == type_.__name__


but in practice, Bar() is an inherited class and the linter barfs on subsequent uses of Bar(). Is there any way around this?

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