text_combined: guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg sat mar 15 2008 111 pm nick coghlan wrote guido van rossum wrote dir specialcases classes isnt avoiding infinite recursion dirtype might fun special case removed without due care attention wasnt suggeting removing specialcasing rather explaining observed behavior py3k dir allow class makes instances special cases defining __dir__ guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 040008 0500 pythondev __bases__ dir