Someone has implemented a version of dir() which is much nicer for human consumption. The difference is striking enough that I thought it would be bringing to python-dev's attention. http://github.com/inky/see/tree/master

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pencil_case = [] dir(pencil_case) ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delsli ce__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__gets lice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', ' __le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__r educe_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__ ', '__setslice__', '__str__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'p op', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort'] see(pencil_case)

? [] for in + * += *= < <= == != > >= len() .append() .count() .extend() .index() .insert() .pop() .remove() .reverse() .sort() I'm not sure that this type of functionality merits a new built-in, but it might be useful as part of help()'s output. -Mike