Carl M. Johnson wrote:
* It would make "method" in dir(obj) marginally faster
Wouldn't hasattr(obj, "method") be a better way to do that?
* Even though the order isn’t important for code, it’s convenient at the interactive prompt to see the methods of an item in alphabetical order for quick scanning.
Since I suspect this is most people's main use for dir(), I think it's a good enough reason for leaving things as they are. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
