[Python-ideas] dir with a glob?

Fri Jul 1 08:15:13 CEST 2011

Terry Reedy, 01.07.2011 01:38:
> On 6/30/2011 8:41 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
>>> I believe a second parameter to dir, being a glob filter string, would be
>> fine. Being able to type:
>>>> dir (gtk.Window, "set*")
>>>> , for example
>> instead of
>>>> [attrib for attrib in dir(gtk.Window) if attrib.startswith("set")]
>>>>>> would be indeed a good thing to have.
>> Ihad much the same thought. I am still trying to see what is wrong with it.
> It might be worth a feature request.

Same from here, seems to be the most obvious way to do it.
Stefan