import nose.tools as nt from IPython.utils.dir2 import dir2 class Base(object): x = 1 z = 23 def test_base(): res = dir2(Base()) assert ('x' in res) assert ('z' in res) assert ('y' not in res) assert ('__class__' in res) nt.assert_equal(res.count('x'), 1) nt.assert_equal(res.count('__class__'), 1) def test_SubClass(): class SubClass(Base): y = 2 res = dir2(SubClass()) assert ('y' in res) nt.assert_equal(res.count('y'), 1) nt.assert_equal(res.count('x'), 1) def test_SubClass_with_trait_names_attr(): # usecase: trait_names is used in a class describing psychological classification class SubClass(Base): y = 2 trait_names = 44 res = dir2(SubClass()) assert('trait_names' in res) def test_misbehaving_object_without_trait_names(): # dir2 shouldn't raise even when objects are dumb and raise # something other than AttribteErrors on bad getattr. class MisbehavingGetattr(object): def __getattr__(self): raise KeyError("I should be caught") def some_method(self): pass class SillierWithDir(MisbehavingGetattr): def __dir__(self): return ['some_method'] for bad_klass in (MisbehavingGetattr, SillierWithDir): res = dir2(bad_klass()) assert('some_method' in res)