[Python-Dev] Consistency questions
Gordon McMillan
gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:03:13 -0400
Thomas Wouters wrote:
[ Why doesn't dir( obj ) return inherited methods? ]
> I would suggest adding a second, optional argument to dir(),
> 'recurse' or such, to add that behaviour. I think I can add that
> code to dir() if it's deemed a good idea ;) Turning it on by
> default would probably break too much code.
I strongly agree with the last sentence. I'm only +0 on the
enhancement (Mark's got that in PythonWin, and I hardly ever
use it).
- Gordon