Re: Question about dir function

2009-12-19 Thread Tim Chase
Ray Holt wrote: When I run a dir(_builtins_) I get the error message that the name _builtins_ is not defined. I haven't tried the dir function on other functions, but can someone tell me why I am getting this message? Thanks, Ray So close, and yet thrown by requisite extra underscores: >>> di

Re: Question about dir function

2009-12-19 Thread Matt Nordhoff
Ray Holt wrote: > When I run a dir(_builtins_) I get the error message that the name > _builtins_ is not defined. I haven't tried the dir function on other > functions, but can someone tell me why I am getting this message? > Thanks, Ray You are getting that message because the name "_builtins_" i

Question about dir function

2009-12-19 Thread Ray Holt
When I run a dir(_builtins_) I get the error message that the name _builtins_ is not defined. I haven't tried the dir function on other functions, but can someone tell me why I am getting this message? Thanks, Ray -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list