beginner ques: dir( ) does'nt list my instance methods?

[Jesse W]

Dear karthik,
	I have written a short function that should show all the references in
a given object.  I think it has a few bugs, but I don't remember what
they are.
Here it is:
def super_dir(object, top=1):
	"""Return _all_ variables, functions, and methods.
	
		This is a fix for the dir function that is provided with Python.
	It will return all class methods, even if they are defined in a base
	class.  It also works with class objects, showing all the methods, not
	just those defined in the given object."""
	answer=dir(object)
	if hasattr(object, '__class__'):
		answer=answer+super_dir(object.__class__, 0)
	elif hasattr(object, '__bases__'):
		for item in object.__bases__:
			answer=answer+super_dir(item, 0)
	if top:
            new_answer=[]
            for item in answer:
                if item not in new_answer:
                    new_answer.append(item)
            return new_answer
        return answer

For those who missed the original message:
karthik_guru at rediffmail.com wrote:
> 
> class test:
>     def __init__(self):
>         print 'hello test'
>         self.foo = 100
>         self.bar = 900
> 
>     def func(self):
>         print 'hello'
> 
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     t = test()
>     print dir(t)
>     print t.__dict__
> 
> Both dir(t) and t.__dict__ print only foo and bar.
> They don't print the func which is also a instance attribute (method
> reference)?
> 
> But they are printed when i do test.__dict__ and dir(test)..ie
> <classname>
> why is it not getting printed in the earlier case?(wiht instance)
> 
> I might be required to do a look up from dir(instance) and if an
> attribute happens to be of the type method i can invoke it?
> 
> thanks
> karthik.