I have a function in a module which is intended to be used by importing
that name alone, then used interactively:
from module import edir
edir(args)
edir is an enhanced version of dir, and one of the enhancements is that
you can filter out dunder methods. I have reason to believe that people
are split on their opinion on whether dunder methods should be shown by
default or not: some people want to see them, others do not. Since edir
is meant to be used interactively, I want to give people a setting to
control whether they get dunders by default or not.
I have two ideas for this, a module-level global, or a flag set on the
function object itself. Remember that the usual way of using this will be
"from module import edir", there are two obvious ways to set the global:
import module
module.dunders = False
# -or-
edir.__globals__['dunders'] = False
Alternatively, I can use a flag set on the function object itself:
edir.dunders = False
Naturally you can always override the default by explicitly specifying a
keyword argument edir(obj, dunders=flag).
Thoughts and feedback? Please vote: a module global, or a flag on the
object? Please give reasons, and remember that the function is intended
for interactive use.
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Steven D'Aprano
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