[Python-Dev] dir() in docs and tests considered irritating

[Guido van Rossum]

> I think everytime we use a dir() example in the docs or in
> the testsuite, we're creating unnecessary dependencies.
> 
> It's not a big deal, but if the example or test can make its
> point without the dir(), it would lower the PITA factor.

+1

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)