Does anyone have suggestions on how to improve this further?
Cheers,
Ron_Adam
def getobjs(object, dlist=[], lvl=0, maxlevel=1):
""" Retrieve a list of sub objects from an object. """
if object not in dlist:
dlist.append(object)
if lvl<maxlevel:
dobj = dir(eval(object))
for item in dobj:
try:
dlist = getobjs(object+'.'+item, dlist, lvl+1)
except:
pass
return dlist
def printdoc(objectlist):
""" Return a sorted printable quick reference
guide from a list of objects. """
outtext = []
objectlist.sort(lambda x, y: cmp(x.lower(), y.lower()))
for obj in objectlist:
object = eval(obj)
object_type = type(object)
outtext.append('-'*40+'\n')
outtext.append(str(obj)+'\n')
if hasattr(object, '__module__'):
outtext.append("Module:"+str(object.__module__)+'\n')
if hasattr( object,'__class__'):
outtext.append("Class:"+str(object.__class__)+'\n\n')
else:
outtext.append("Type:"+str(object_type)+'\n\n')
if isinstance(object,str):
if len(object)>200:
s = object[0:200]+"......"
else:
s = object
outtext.append(obj+'=')
if '\n' in s: quotes='"""'
else: quotes ='"'
if len(s)>60: print
outtext.append(quotes+s+quotes+'\n\n')
elif (isinstance(object,str)
or isinstance(object,int)
or isinstance(object,bool)
or isinstance(object,tuple)
or isinstance(object,list)
or isinstance(object,dict)):
s = str(object)
if len(s)<200:
outtext.append(obj+'='+s+'\n\n')
else:
outtext.append(obj+'='+s[0:200]+'......\n\n')
if hasattr(object,'__doc__'):
if object.__doc__ != type(object).__doc__:
outtext.append(str(object.__doc__)+'\n\n')
return ''.join(outtext)
def quick_ref(name):
"""
quick_ref(module_name) -> printable string
Generate a sorted quick reference guide from an objects
doc strings. The module_name is a string with the name of
the module or class to get documents string from.
Example:
import os
print quick_ref('os')
"""
objlist = getobjs(name)
return printdoc(objlist)
if __name__ == "__main__":
#import module before calling in most cases.
print quick_ref('__builtins__')
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