introspection

I'm starting to code in various projects using Python (including Django web development and Panda3D game development). To help me understand what's going on, I would like to basically 'look' inside the Python objects to see how they tick - like their methods and properties. So say I have a Python object, what would I need to print out its contents? Is that even possible? Brandon E Taylor Python has a strong set of introspection features. Take a look at the following built-in functions : type() dir() id() getattr() hasattr() globals() locals() callable() type() and dir() are particularly useful

I'm using Python 2.x and I have an object I'm summoning from the aether; the documentation on it is not particularly clear. I would like to be able to get a list of properties for that object and the type of each property. Similarly, I'd like to get a list of methods for that object, as well, plus any other information I could find on that method, such as number of arguments and their respective types. I have a feeling that I am simply missing the correct jargon in my Google searches. Not that I want to derail with specifics, but it's Active Directory, so that's always fun. Well ... Your first

There is large python project where one attribute of one class just have wrong value in some place. It should be sqlalchemy.orm.attributes.InstrumentedAttribute, but when I run tests it is constant value, let's say string. There is some way to run python program in debug mode, and run some check (if variable changed type) after each step throught line of code automatically? P.S. I know how to log changes of attribute of class instance with help of inspect and property decorator. Possibly here I can use this method with metaclasses... But sometimes I need more general and powerfull solution...

Is it possible to retrieve any class information from a frame object? I know how to get the file (frame.f_code.co_filename), function (frame.f_code.co_name) and line number (frame.f_lineno), but would like to be able to also get the name of the class of the active object instance of the frame (or None if not in an instance). I don't believe that, at the frame object level, there's any way to find the actual python function object that has been called. However, if your code rely on the common convention : naming the instance parameter of a method self , then you could do the following : def get

I'd like to get the name of the current Activity to be sent along in the URI of an HttpRequest . Is there a way to do this without referring specifically to the Activity ? I know I can do myActivity.class.toString() but this is just a less efficient way of hard coding "myActivity" since I'm making a static reference to my Activity . Is there a more general way to do this using something like 'this' (which btw doesn't actually work here because it returns more information than what's desired). Use this.getClass().getSimpleName() to get the name of the Activity. From the comments, if you're in