Le 14/06/2018 à 11:27, Steve Barnes a écrit : > Currently when working with interactive sessions using the dir() or > dir(module) built in is incredibly useful for exploring what > functionality is available in a module. (Especially the regrettable > libraries or modules that add really valuable functionality but have no > or limited docstrings). > > However I often find that when a module adds a lot of functions I need > to filter those entries to be able to find the one that I need, e.g.: > > >>> import mpmath > >>> dir(mpmath) # This produces 390+ lines of output but > >>> for name in dir(mpmath): > ... if 'sin' in name: > ... print(name) # gives me a mere 13 to consider as candidates > > What I would really like to do is: > >>> dir(mpmath.*sin*) > > However, I know that the interpreter will hit problems with one or more > operators being embedded in the module name. > > What I would like to suggest is extending the dir built-in to allow an > optional filter parameter that takes fnmatch type wild card as an > optional filter. Then I could use: > > >>> dir(mpmath, "*sin*") > > To narrow down the candidates. > > Ideally, this could have a recursive variant that would also include > listing, (and filtering), any sub-packages. >
Fantastic idea. Would this make sense on var() too ? It's not exactly the same usage context. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
