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Wed Oct 9 00:07:29 CEST 2013 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-October/129262.html

I'd say that the effect overriding dir() has on help() is intentional. Not
sure about inspect -- it has other uses. However, the last time I used it I
was definitely hunting for stuff to document.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Currently, inspect() is dependent on dir().
>
> Now that we can override what dir() returns on a class by class basis, we
> are seeing the side-effect of (possibly) incomplete inspect results, with
> also leads to (possibly) incomplete help().
>
> I would think we want inspect to be more thorough, and return whatever it
> finds on the object, as well as whatever an abbreviated dir() might return.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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