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+# New dir() function and other attribute-related goodies
+
+# This should become a built-in function
+#
+def getattr(x, name):
+	return eval('x.'+name)
+
+# This should be the new dir(), except that it should still list
+# the current local name space by default
+#
+def listattrs(x):
+	try:
+		dictkeys = x.__dict__.keys()
+	except (NameError, TypeError):
+		dictkeys = []
+	#
+	try:
+		methods = x.__methods__
+	except (NameError, TypeError):
+		methods = []
+	#
+	try:
+		members = x.__members__
+	except (NameError, TypeError):
+		members = []
+	#
+	try:
+		the_class = x.__class__
+	except (NameError, TypeError):
+		the_class = None
+	#
+	try:
+		bases = x.__bases__
+	except (NameError, TypeError):
+		bases = ()
+	#
+	total = dictkeys + methods + members
+	if the_class:
+		# It's a class instace; add the class's attributes
+		# that are functions (methods)...
+		class_attrs = listattrs(the_class)
+		class_methods = []
+		for name in class_attrs:
+			if is_function(getattr(the_class, name)):
+				class_methods.append(name)
+		total = total + class_methods
+	elif bases:
+		# It's a derived class; add the base class attributes
+		for base in bases:
+			base_attrs = listattrs(base)
+			total = total + base_attrs
+	total.sort()
+	return total
+	i = 0
+	while i+1 < len(total):
+		if total[i] = total[i+1]:
+			del total[i+1]
+		else:
+			i = i+1
+	return total
+
+# Helper to recognize functions
+#
+def is_function(x):
+	return type(x) = type(is_function)
+
+# Approximation of builtin dir(); this lists the user's
+# variables by default, not the current local name space.
+# Use a class method to make a function that can be called
+# with or without arguments.
+#
+class _dirclass():
+	def dir(args):
+		if type(args) = type(()):
+			return listattrs(args[1])
+		else:
+			import __main__
+			return listattrs(__main__)
+dir = _dirclass().dir