You might find the chapter 3.3 (in my python 2.3.4, it's "Special Method names") in the reference manual useful, it is the only place I have found sofar that describes most of these special methods. It does however not contain __class__. I don't know where in the reference manual to find it's description, probaly in some "Special attribute names" chapter I can't find. >>>"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/23/05 11:26 pm >>> >Where does __class__ come from, what does it mean and what else is >being hidden? > >I am used to using dir(...) to figure out what I can play with. >Clearly that does not always work... :-( Your question has benn answered - let me just add this from the dir()-docs: Note: Because 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. from http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html Regards, Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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