+1 here too. This could be added easily to Python 2.6. --Guido
On 7/7/06, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote: > > On Thursday 06 July 2006 13:22, tomer filiba wrote: > > > my suggestion is simple -- replace this mechanism with a __dir__ - > > > a special method that returns the list of attributes of the object. > > > > > > rationale: > > > * remove deprecated __methods__, etc. > > > * symmetry -- just like hex() calls __hex__, etc. > > > * __methods__ and __members__ are lists rather than callable > > > objects, which means they cannot be updated on-demand > > > > +1 > > +1 here, too. > > It would also allow objects which override __getattribute__ and/or __getattr__ > to make dir() provide a sane answer (or raise an exception to indicate that a > sane answer isn't possible). (This was something that actually came up when > trying to implement a namespace object that *didn't* automatically fall back > to its class namespace for Python level attribute access) > > For backwards compatibility, dir() could still fall back to the current > mechanism if __dir__ isn't found. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia > --------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.boredomandlaziness.org > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
