[Python-Dev] dir()

[Paul Prescod]

Can someone explain why dir(foo) does not return all of foo's methods? I
know it's documented that way, I just don't know why it *is* that way.

I'm also not clear why instances don't have auto-populated __methods__
and __members__ members?

If there isn't a good reason (there probably is) then I would advocate
that these functions and members should be more comprehensive.

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