Isinstance doesn't work when python reflection protobuf v2.6.1 is used

I am using python protobuf v2.6.1 dynamic reflection functions and have a function as below:

# initilization code

        des_db_ = descriptor_database.DescriptorDatabase()
        des_pool_ = descriptor_pool.DescriptorPool(des_db_)


        fdp = descriptor_pb2.FileDescriptorProto.FromString(
            a_pb_module.DESCRIPTOR.serialized_pb)
        des_db_.Add(fdp)


def unpack_PB_msg(type_name, pb_msg_str)
        factory = message_factory.MessageFactory(des_pool_)
        msg_class = factory.GetPrototype(des_pool_.FindMessageTypeByName(type_name))

        pb_msg = msg_class()
        pb_msg.ParseFromString(pb_msg_str)

       return pb_msg

      

        
        
        
      

    

But the following client code will fail

hello = Hello_msg()
hello_str = hello.SerializeToString()
hello2 = unpack_PB_msg(Hello_msg.DESCRIPTOR.full_name, hello_str)

hello3 = Hello_msg()
hello3.CopyFrom(hello2)# failed here!!!

      

        
        
        
      

    

Error message:

hello3.CopyFrom(hello2)
  File "C:\Localdata\Python27\lib\site-packages\google\protobuf\message.py", line 119, in CopyFrom
    self.MergeFrom(other_msg)
  File "C:\Localdata\Python27\lib\site-packages\google\protobuf\internal\python_message.py", line 971, in MergeFrom
    "expected %s got %s." % (cls.__name__, type(msg).__name__))
TypeError: Parameter to MergeFrom() must be instance of same class: expected Hello_msg got Hello_msg.

      

        
        
        
      

    

It seems that CopyFrom is failing because isinstance is failing.

  def MergeFrom(self, msg):
    if not isinstance(msg, cls):
      raise TypeError(
          "Parameter to MergeFrom() must be instance of same class: "
          "expected %s got %s." % (cls.__name__, type(msg).__name__))

      

        
        
        
      

    

When data like hello2 and hello3 are printed, they appear to be different.

hello2 : <class 'Hello_msg'>
hello3 : <class 'a_pb_module.Hello_msg'>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Is this a protobuf bug? or did I do something wrong?