Raymond Hettinger added the comment: +1 for the OP's original idea (something like a dir_modules() function that lists out all possible imports).
I think something like this must already be present in some of the Python front-ends such as ipython and bpython. That is how they support tab-completion for imports: In [1]: import co code codeop colorsys compileall contextlib copy codecs collections commands compiler cookielib copy_reg In [1]: import re re readline repr requests resource reverend rexec ---------- nosy: +brett.cannon, rhettinger priority: normal -> low resolution: rejected -> status: closed -> open versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20506> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
