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See(), an alternative to Python's dir()

37 points by ken 18y ago

timf 18y ago
Installed, I like it. I do a lot of one-off Python with unfamiliar libs and that's just the thing. Mapped it to der() ... because that just feels better, I guess.
mjtokelly 18y ago
"Help us out here, Computer. This just will not cut it. Blimey!" I enjoyed their documentation style.
illumen 18y ago
If you like this, you'll love ipython. Ipython makes introspection 3.14 times more fun.
- timf 18y ago
  ipython rocks with the tab completion, is that what you mean? This is better than ipython's ? and ??.
  - juanpablo 18y ago
    I use import readline, rlcompleter; readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") (executed at PYTHONSTARTUP) for tab completion.
    - timf 18y ago
      Thankyou for this, added to my portable remote node setup.
- deleted 18y ago
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- marcmarc 18y ago
  There's also python print_r http://wiki.github.com/marcbelmont/python-print_r http://wiki.github.com/marcbelmont/python-print_r
mattj 18y ago
ehh, this is just (questionable) formatting. After you use python for a while, the __methods__ should become pretty common-sensical (and seeing the actual __name__ is more useful if you're trying to reimplement protocols common objects support). That and not being able to manipulate the output of see() makes it pretty useless. I personally like doing things like [f for f in dir(o) if 'foo' in f] etc.
- inky 18y ago
  This was only intended as an alternative, not a replacement -- dir() is still extremely useful. see() was made for quickly inspecting objects interactively, hence "for humans only".
meqif 18y ago
In case someone else is an Arch Linux user and wants to use this, I uploaded a pkgbuild to AUR. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24014 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24014
abecedarius 18y ago
Nice idea. I decided I'd rather see it laid out in columns like 'ls' does, and with the attribute names unchanged. Here's the result: http://github.com/darius/columnize/blob/69d2b1c084ab3fc7c72d1809e511661e2677d995/columnize.py http://github.com/darius/columnize/blob/69d2b1c084ab3fc7c72d...

37 points by ken 18y ago

timf 18y ago

Installed, I like it. I do a lot of one-off Python with unfamiliar libs and that's just the thing. Mapped it to der() ... because that just feels better, I guess.

mjtokelly 18y ago

"Help us out here, Computer. This just will not cut it. Blimey!" I enjoyed their documentation style.

illumen 18y ago

If you like this, you'll love ipython. Ipython makes introspection 3.14 times more fun.

timf 18y ago
ipython rocks with the tab completion, is that what you mean? This is better than ipython's ? and ??.
- juanpablo 18y ago
  I use import readline, rlcompleter; readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") (executed at PYTHONSTARTUP) for tab completion.
  - timf 18y ago
    Thankyou for this, added to my portable remote node setup.
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marcmarc 18y ago
There's also python print_r http://wiki.github.com/marcbelmont/python-print_r http://wiki.github.com/marcbelmont/python-print_r

mattj 18y ago

ehh, this is just (questionable) formatting. After you use python for a while, the __methods__ should become pretty common-sensical (and seeing the actual __name__ is more useful if you're trying to reimplement protocols common objects support). That and not being able to manipulate the output of see() makes it pretty useless. I personally like doing things like [f for f in dir(o) if 'foo' in f] etc.

inky 18y ago
This was only intended as an alternative, not a replacement -- dir() is still extremely useful. see() was made for quickly inspecting objects interactively, hence "for humans only".

meqif 18y ago

In case someone else is an Arch Linux user and wants to use this, I uploaded a pkgbuild to AUR. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24014 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24014

abecedarius 18y ago

Nice idea. I decided I'd rather see it laid out in columns like 'ls' does, and with the attribute names unchanged. Here's the result: http://github.com/darius/columnize/blob/69d2b1c084ab3fc7c72d1809e511661e2677d995/columnize.py http://github.com/darius/columnize/blob/69d2b1c084ab3fc7c72d...