Why is it different from the example on the tutorial?

[Roy Smith]

In article <6fd77d6a-3487-474b-bb96-8da6ab8008f5 at googlegroups.com>,
 Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, July 6, 2014 9:34:44 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
> 
> > * You can print dict(foo), which just prints out the attributes the 
> > object has.
> 
> Looks like a typo there. 
> 
> I think you probably meant to say "dir(foo)"

This is true.  Good catch.