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#759525: document that dir() doesn't return metaclass attrs when given a class as arg.

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Georg Brandl 2008-01-06 15:48:20 +00:00
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@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Because :func:`dir` is supplied primarily as a convenience for use at an
interactive prompt, it tries to supply an interesting set of names more than it
tries to supply a rigorously or consistently defined set of names, and its
detailed behavior may change across releases.
detailed behavior may change across releases. For example, metaclass attributes
are not in the result list when the argument is a class.
.. function:: divmod(a, b)

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@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ Note:
name. If the optional *predicate* argument is supplied, only members for which
the predicate returns a true value are included.
.. note::
:func:`getmembers` does not return metaclass attributes when the argument
is a class (this behavior is inherited from the :func:`dir` function).
.. function:: getmoduleinfo(path)