How to see the name attribute of a class by using dir()

From	Jennie <nameDOTportua@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir()
Date	2012-10-20 10:05 +0200
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<k5tm0k$sph$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)

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The dir() built-in does not show the __name__ attribute of a class:

 >>> '__name__' in Foo.__dict__
False
 >>> Foo.__name__
'Foo'

I implementd my custom __dir__, but the dir() built-in do not want to 
call it:

 >>> class Foo:
...     @classmethod
...     def __dir__(cls):
...         return ['python']
...
 >>> Foo.__dir__()
['python']
 >>> dir(Foo)
['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', ...]

Can someone tell me where is the problem? Thanks a lot in advance
-- 
Jennie

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How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Jennie <nameDOTportua@gmail.com> - 2012-10-20 10:05 +0200
  Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-20 10:24 +0200
    Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Jennie <nameDOTportua@gmail.com> - 2012-10-20 10:59 +0200
      Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-20 11:43 +0200
        Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Jennie <nameDOTportua@gmail.com> - 2012-10-20 13:19 +0200
        Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Jennie <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2012-10-20 13:19 +0200
    Re: How to see the __name__ attribute of a class by using dir() Jennie <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2012-10-20 10:59 +0200

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