The semantics of PyList_Check() and PyDict_Check() changed at 2.2, along
with most other concrete object checks, but the docs weren't brought into
line.
PyList_CheckExact() was added at 2.2 but never documented.
backport candidate.
diff --git a/Include/dictobject.h b/Include/dictobject.h
index 554b82e..7fa400a 100644
--- a/Include/dictobject.h
+++ b/Include/dictobject.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyDict_Type;
#define PyDict_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyDict_Type)
+#define PyList_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyDict_Type)
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyDict_New(void);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyDict_GetItem(PyObject *mp, PyObject *key);