[Python-Dev] No __bases__ in dir()
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sat Mar 15 20:10:59 CET 2008
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > This is because dir() special-cases classes, isn't it?
>> Avoiding infinite recursion in dir(type) might be fun if that special
> case was removed without due care and attention...
I wasn't suggeting removing the special-casing -- rather I was
explaining the observed behavior.
In Py3k, dir() will allow any class to makes its instances special
cases by defining __dir__().
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