Chris, Q&D example of <<class>>.__dict__.items() not working for me:
>>> import threading >>> class A(threading.Thread): ... def __init__(self): ... threading.Thread.__init__(self) ... def one(self): ... pass ... def two(self): ... pass ... >>> a = A() >>> a.__dict__.items() [('_Thread__block', <Condition(<thread.lock object at 0x009BE070>, 0)>), ('_Thread__name', 'Thread-1'), ('_Thread__daemonic', False), ('_Thread__started', False), ('_Thread__target', None), ('_Thread__kwargs', {}), ('_Verbose__verbose', False), ('_Thread__args', ()), ('_Thread__stopped', False), ('_Thread__initialized', True)] Neither function I added to the A class shows up. However, I think it's because I'm using an instance of my class vs. just referencing the class type. If I type: A.__dict__items() I get the correct list: [('__module__', '__main__'), ('__doc__', None), ('two', <function two at 0x009E21B0>), ('__init__', <function __init__ at 0x009E2170>), ('one', <function one at 0x009E2230>)] In any case, thanks for the example reference. That's helps me improve my idea, and I will most likely use the methods in it. Keith -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list