Function dir2

IPython/utils/dir2.py:23–51

dir2(obj) -> list of strings Extended version of the Python builtin dir(), which does a few extra checks. This version is guaranteed to return only a list of true strings, whereas dir() returns anything that objects inject into themselves, even if they are later not really vali

(obj)

def dir2(obj):
    """dir2(obj) -> list of strings

    Extended version of the Python builtin dir(), which does a few extra
    checks.

    This version is guaranteed to return only a list of true strings, whereas
    dir() returns anything that objects inject into themselves, even if they
    are later not really valid for attribute access (many extension libraries
    have such bugs).
    """

    # Start building the attribute list via dir(), and then complete it
    # with a few extra special-purpose calls.

    try:
        words = set(dir(obj))
    except Exception:
        # TypeError: dir(obj) does not return a list
        words = set()

    if safe_hasattr(obj, '__class__'):
        words |= set(dir(obj.__class__))

    # filter out non-string attributes which may be stuffed by dir() calls
    # and poor coding in third-party modules

    words = [w for w in words if isinstance(w, str)]
    return sorted(words)


def get_real_method(obj, name):