On 12/25/2015 6:01 PM, jeanbigbo...@gmail.com wrote:
As an occasional Python user, I'd like to be able to get for myself a
high-level overview of a package's capabilities. I can do this after a fashion
interactively in IPython using tab completes.
e.g.
import numpy as np
np.<tab> ---> Big list of capabilities, highlight one item
np.array<tab> --> Nothing in the dropdown
np.random.<tab> --> ~~75 items in dropdown
np.random.test<tab> --> 3 items in dropdown
For big packages like numpy, matplotlib, etc., this is slow.
My web searches have resulted in pointers to dir, help, inspect, getattr,
hasattr, pydoc, and so on. As far as I can tell, these will give you
information if you know what you are seeking. 99% of the time, I don't know
what I don't know.
Is there a way to determine if a method/function/correct term has items
underneath it?
If such a thing exists, I think I could write the code to descend through a
package's functions/methods, make a list of nodes and edges, send it to
networkx, and create a graph of a package's capabilities.
IDLE has a module browser (called a Class Browser. , because that is
what is started as), that displays a tree of module objects. Just like
a directory tree, nodes can be expanded or not.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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