Beyond! On 27/07/11 02:01, rantingrick wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > 1. help() > -------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > 2. dir() > --------------------------------------------------
Pro tip: the "IPython" enhanced Python shell makes these two even more amicable. > -------------------------------------------------- > 3. repr() > -------------------------------------------------- > http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/functions.html#repr > > Most new user think that printing an object to stdout is all they'll > ever need. Also handy: the "pprint" stdlib module to pretty-print complex structures. http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/pprint.html > -------------------------------------------------- > 5. id() > -------------------------------------------------- This reminds me of something I did last year. Some of you might recall. http://blog.jollybox.de/archives/62-python-swap (Word of warning: bad idea. Very, very bad idea. Still, potentially amusing. Kind of like blowing up a giant hydrogen-filled baloon.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
