> > [Timothy Fitz] > > > It seems to > > > me that those who want dir to reflect __dict__ should just use > > > __dict__ in the first place. > > [Raymond] > > The dir() builtin does quite a bit more than obj.__dict__.keys(). > > Well that's the whole point, right?
Perhaps. I wasn't taking a position. Just noting that Timothy's comment over-simplified the relationship. > A more useful relationship is > > name in dir(x) <==> getattr(x, name) is valid That would be a useful invariant. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com