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Re: Enhanced dir() function

Date 2011-07-01 11:40 -0700
From Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject Re: Enhanced dir() function
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Tim Chase wrote:
> If it came in as an effortless (i.e. O(1) where I do it once and never 
> again; not an O(n) where n=the number of times I invoke Python) default 
> replacement for dir(), I'd reach for it a lot more readily.  I seem to 
> recall there's some environment-var or magic file-name that gets sourced 
> on every startup.

interact.py
8<-----------------------------------------------
import os, sys
sys.ps1 = '--> '

from cookbook.utils import dir  # or whereever you keep your copy
sys.modules['__builtin__'].dir = dir
8<-----------------------------------------------


~Ethan~

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Enhanced dir() function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-01 14:29 +1000
  Re: Enhanced dir() function Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-07-01 12:20 -0500
    Re: Enhanced dir() function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-02 04:32 +1000
    Re: Enhanced dir() function rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 14:46 -0700
      Re: Enhanced dir() function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 14:20 +1000
  Re: Enhanced dir() function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-01 11:40 -0700
  Re: Enhanced dir() function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-12 14:19 -0700
  Re: Enhanced dir() function rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 14:38 -0700

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