getting object instead of string from dir()

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:52:17 -0800, Rominsky wrote:

> I do have some understanding of the pythonic methodology of programming,
> though by far I still don't consider myself an expert. The problem at
> hand is that I am coming from a matlab world and trying to drag my
> coworkers with me.  I have gotten a lot of them excited about using
> python for this work, but the biggest gripe everytime is they want their
> matlab ide.  I am trying to experiment with making similar pieces of the
> ide, in particular I am working on the workspace window which lists all
> the current variables in the namespace, along with their type, size,
> value, etc....  I am trying to create a python equivalent.


Have you considered looking at existing IDEs instead of re-inventing the 
wheel? Python even comes with one, IDLE.



-- 
Steven