[Python-Dev] introducing __dir__?

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake at acm.org
Thu Jul 6 19:41:56 CEST 2006


On Thursday 06 July 2006 13:22, tomer filiba wrote:
 > my suggestion is simple -- replace this mechanism with a __dir__ -
 > a special method that returns the list of attributes of the object.
 >
 > rationale:
 > * remove deprecated __methods__, etc.
 > * symmetry -- just like hex() calls __hex__, etc.
 > * __methods__ and __members__ are lists rather than callable
 > objects, which means they cannot be updated on-demand

+1


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.   <fdrake at acm.org>


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