object.*

[DeadWisdom]

I think there should be an ability in python to write something like
"object.*" which should return a dictionary object containing all the
members and their values for the given object. Maybe ".*" could be
treated as an operator. ::shrug::

Perhaps the functionality already exists in some other syntax; if so
please splain.

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

I think there should be an ability in python to write something like
"object.*" which should return a dictionary object containing all the
members and their values for the given object. Maybe ".*" could be
treated as an operator. ::shrug::

Perhaps the functionality already exists in some other syntax; if so
please splain.

dict([(n, getattr(object, n)) for n in dir(object)])

Not really worth an operator

 

[Anthony Baxter]

I think there should be an ability in python to write something like
"object.*" which should return a dictionary object containing all the
members and their values for the given object. Maybe ".*" could be
treated as an operator. ::shrug::

Ick. Please don't. If you want to do this, look at the 'dir()' builtin.

http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-20

 

[Tim Leslie]

An approximation of this functionality can be obtained using the built
in dir() command. A quick example follows:.... def __init__(self):
.... self.a = 1
.... self.b = 2
.... def f(self):
.... return self.a + self.b
....

c = C()
dir(c) ['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'a', 'b', 'f']
["c." + x for x in dir(c)] ['c.__doc__', 'c.__init__', 'c.__module__', 'c.a', 'c.b', 'c.f']
map(eval, ["c." + x for x in dir(c)])

[None, <bound method C.__init__ of <__main__.C instance at
0x401ec50c>>, '__main__', 1, 2, <bound method C.f of <__main__.C
instance at 0x401ec50c>>]

Cheers,

Tim

 

[Chris Cioffi]

For most objects I would think vars(object) is what you want.

The dir() built in can help with methods as well.

http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/built-in-funcs.html

As an aside: the Python docs are some of the best written docs
around. Read them, love them, put a copy under your pillow.

Cheers!

Chris