if isinstance (value, list): print "result is a list with %d entries"%len(value)
elif isinstance (value, dict): print "result is a dict with keys %s"%value.keys()
else: print "result is other (type=%s) : %s"%(type(value),value)
if isinstance (value, list): print "result is a list with %d entries"%len(value)
elif isinstance (value, dict): print "result is a dict with keys %s"%value.keys()
else: print "result is other (type=%s) : %s"%(type(value),value)