[Python-Dev] nonlocals() function? (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Apr 5 10:32:41 CEST 2010

Carl M. Johnson wrote:

* It would make "method" in dir(obj) marginally faster

Wouldn't hasattr(obj, "method") be a better way to do that?

* Even though the order isn’t important for code, it’s convenient at the interactive prompt to see the methods of an item in alphabetical order for quick scanning.

Since I suspect this is most people's main use for dir(), I think it's a good enough reason for leaving things as they are.

-- Greg

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