I have the following method:

    def _attempt(actor):
        if actor.__class__ != User:
            raise TypeError

Which is called from a view:

    self.object.attempt(self.request.user)

As you can see, the _attempt method expects actor to be type `django.contrib.auth.models.User`, however the object appears to be of type `django.utils.functional.SimpleLazyObject`. Why is this so? And more importantly, how can I convert the `LazyObject` (which apparently is a kind of wrapper for a User object) into a `User` object?

More info on `Request.user` is available here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpRequest.user This documentation seems to indicate the `request.user` should be a `User` object...


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 I&#39;ve got the following method now: 

    def _attempt(obj, action, actor, msg): 
        actor.is_authenticated() 
        if isinstance(actor, LazyObject): 
            print type(actor) 

I&#39;m passing a user, however the `if` condition is still true, actor is still a `LazyObject`. Why is this so?

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