>>>> class Foo(object): > ... pass > ... >>>> b = Foo >>>> b.__name__ > 'Foo'
While this is surely true, would somebody explain why I had such trouble finding this? >>>> help(dir) > Help on built-in function dir in module __builtin__: continuing from your example... >>> dir(b) ['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__weakref__'] >>> '__name__' in dir(b) False '__name__' *really is* a method of b as shown by your example lines, and can be successfully called. However, it *doesn't* show up when asked for via dir(b). Grumble. Is there a dir_and_i_really_mean_everything() function? I suppose problems (mostly with expectations) can ensue when you've got dynamic attributes, but this seems like something that dir() should be finding. -a puzzled tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
