diff --git a/lib.nas b/lib.nas
index 55986f7..a3054ae 100644
--- a/lib.nas
+++ b/lib.nas
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ var isvec=func(v){
     return typeof(v)=="vec";
 }
 
+
+# get the index of val in the vec
 var vecindex=func(vec,val){
     forindex(var i;vec)
         if(val==vec[i])
@@ -243,6 +245,16 @@ var vecindex=func(vec,val){
     return nil;
 }
 
+# check if the object is an instance of the class
+var isa=func(object,class){
+    if(!contains(object,"parents") or typeof(object.parents)!="vec")
+        return 0;
+    foreach(var elem;object.parents)
+        if(elem==class)
+            return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 var io=
 {
     SEEK_SET:0,
diff --git a/stl/lib.nas b/stl/lib.nas
index 55986f7..a3054ae 100644
--- a/stl/lib.nas
+++ b/stl/lib.nas
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ var isvec=func(v){
     return typeof(v)=="vec";
 }
 
+
+# get the index of val in the vec
 var vecindex=func(vec,val){
     forindex(var i;vec)
         if(val==vec[i])
@@ -243,6 +245,16 @@ var vecindex=func(vec,val){
     return nil;
 }
 
+# check if the object is an instance of the class
+var isa=func(object,class){
+    if(!contains(object,"parents") or typeof(object.parents)!="vec")
+        return 0;
+    foreach(var elem;object.parents)
+        if(elem==class)
+            return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 var io=
 {
     SEEK_SET:0,
diff --git a/test/scalar.nas b/test/scalar.nas
index 266e43e..fcb19f2 100644
--- a/test/scalar.nas
+++ b/test/scalar.nas
@@ -174,5 +174,22 @@ println(values({
     c:3
 }));
 println(find("cd", "abcdef")); # prints 2
-println(find("x", "abcdef")); # prints -1
-println(find("cd", "abcdef")); # prints 2
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+println(find("x", "abcdef"));  # prints -1
+println(find("cd", "abcdef")); # prints 2
+
+var a={
+    new: func(x=0){
+        return {
+            x:x,
+            parents:[a]
+        };
+    },
+    new2: func(x=0){
+        return {
+            x:x,
+            parents:a
+        };
+    }
+};
+println(isa(a.new(),a)); # 1
+println(isa(a.new2(),a));# 0
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