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I'd say that the effect overriding dir() has on help() is intentional. Not sure about inspect -- it has other uses. However, the last time I used it I was definitely hunting for stuff to document.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
Greetings,
Currently, inspect() is dependent on dir().
Now that we can override what dir() returns on a class by class basis, we are seeing the side-effect of (possibly) incomplete inspect results, with also leads to (possibly) incomplete help().
I would think we want inspect to be more thorough, and return whatever it finds on the object, as well as whatever an abbreviated dir() might return.
Thoughts?
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~Ethan~
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