How to list currently defined classes, methods etc

[Deep]

If i start a python shell. Is there a way to list the currently defined
classes, methods,
variables?

[Peter Hansen]

Deep wrote:

If i start a python shell. Is there a way to list the currently defined
classes, methods,
variables?

Does this work?

dir()

-Peter

[Deep]

yes that works.
but, it gives one list, which contains everything.
now about inferring types? :)

[Bengt Richter]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:55:46 -0500, Peter Hansen <pe***@engcorp.com> wrote:

Deep wrote:

If i start a python shell. Is there a way to list the currently defined
classes, methods,
variables?

Does this work?

dir() help(__name__)

might be interesting for the OP too ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter

[Deep]

Awesome just what i was looking for
now sheepishly i shall RTFM :)

[Alex Martelli]

Deep <de**************@gmail.com> wrote:

yes that works.
but, it gives one list, which contains everything.
now about inferring types? :)

You may want to look at module inspect in the standard library.
Alex

[Deep]

I have been looking a bit and am stuck at this point.

Given a string, how do i find what is the string bound to.
Let me give an example.

def deep():
print "Hello"

now inspect.ismethod(deep) returns true. (As it should).
But if I am trying to make a list of all bound methods), i use
dir(), which is a list of strings. I get the string "deep" from this
list.
How do I obtain the reference to the method it is bound to.
The same problem can be extended to attributes and classes.

[Kent Johnson]

Deep wrote:

I have been looking a bit and am stuck at this point.

Given a string, how do i find what is the string bound to.
Let me give an example.

def deep():
print "Hello"

now inspect.ismethod(deep) returns true. (As it should).
But if I am trying to make a list of all bound methods), i use
dir(), which is a list of strings. I get the string "deep" from this
list.
Look it up in the globals() dict:

def deep(): ... print 'Hello'
... globals()['deep'] <function deep at 0x008ECF70>
How do I obtain the reference to the method it is bound to.
The same problem can be extended to attributes and classes.

Use getattr() to inspect classes and instances: class deeper: ... def deepest(self):
... print 'goodbye'
... getattr(deeper, 'deepest') <unbound method deeper.deepest> d=deeper()
getattr(d, 'deepest')

<bound method deeper.deepest of <__main__.deeper instance at 0x00A41350>>

Kent

[Colin J. Williams]

Deep wrote:

I have been looking a bit and am stuck at this point.

Given a string, how do i find what is the string bound to.
Let me give an example.

def deep():
print "Hello"

now inspect.ismethod(deep) returns true. (As it should).
But if I am trying to make a list of all bound methods), i use
dir(), which is a list of strings. I get the string "deep" from this
list.
How do I obtain the reference to the method it is bound to.
The same problem can be extended to attributes and classes.

help('deep') in the interactive mode gives part of what you seek.

A prettier way is to use epydoc:
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=epydoc&gwp=13

Colin W.