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Re: Beginners question

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Beginners question
Date 2012-08-30 08:23 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-38D1EE.08232330082012@news.panix.com> (permalink)
References <k1nk8s$3l4$1@speranza.aioe.org> <mailman.3964.1346328894.4697.python-list@python.org>

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In article <mailman.3964.1346328894.4697.python-list@python.org>,
 MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> What don't you ask Python? I'm sure you'' get something like this:
> 
>  >>> type(s)
> <class 'posix.stat_result'>

BTW, this points out one of the really powerful aspects of Python.  The 
combination of introspection and a handy interactive interpreter makes 
it easy to "just ask the computer".

It's often faster to play around with dir(), type(), and pprint() than 
to find what you're looking for in the docs.

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Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 11:54 +0000
  Re: Beginners question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-30 13:14 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-30 08:23 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:50 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 23:06 +1000
        Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 13:16 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 09:23 -0400
      Re: Beginners question Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 14:30 +0100
      Re: Beginners question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-30 14:22 -0400
  Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 08:25 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:53 +0000
  Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 22:32 +1000
  Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 14:49 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 16:41 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-08-30 17:38 +0200
  Re: Beginners question charvigroups@gmail.com - 2012-09-04 23:28 -0700
    Re: Beginners question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 09:03 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-05 09:21 -0400

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