Dumping an instance

[gf gf]

If I want to dump (for debugging) an instance and all
of it's member attributes, what's the simplest way?

print myInstance

just gives a pointer to its location in memory

Thanks!

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[Roy Smith]

In article <ma*************************************@python.or g>,
gf gf <un**************@yahoo.com> wrote:

If I want to dump (for debugging) an instance and all
of it's member attributes, what's the simplest way?

print myInstance

just gives a pointer to its location in memory

You need to write a str() method for the class. Alternatively, take a look
at the pprint module.

[Peter Hansen]

gf gf wrote:

If I want to dump (for debugging) an instance and all
of it's member attributes, what's the simplest way?

print myInstance

just gives a pointer to its location in memory

Roughly speaking, as a starting point:

from pprint import pformat
def dump(obj):
print repr(obj)
for name in obj.__dict__:
val = getattr(obj, name)
print name, '=', pformat(val)

-Peter