This is because dir() special-cases classes, isn't it? On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why __bases__ does not appear in dir()? > > > > Is there a good reason for this or should I file a bug? > > __bases__ and several other methods like mro and __subclasses__ are > defined on the meta class. dir() doesn't list the attributes of the meta > class of a class. > > > >>> class C(object): > ... pass > ... > >>> dir(type(C)) > ['__base__', '__bases__', '__basicsize__', '__call__', '__class__', > '__cmp__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__dictoffset__', '__doc__', > '__flags__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__itemsize__', > '__module__', '__mro__', '__name__', '__new__', '__reduce__', > '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__subclasses__', > '__weakrefoffset__', 'mro'] > > Christian > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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