moddump.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
##svilen.dobrev.2k2-5
'try describe all about a python module - name,path,doc,items'

import sys
import pprint

def docdump(modname):
    mod = __import__( modname )

    print("module:", modname)
    try:
        print(modname+".__file__:", mod.__file__)
    except AttributeError: print("undefined, probably built-in")

    print("\n-----------", modname+ ".__doc__: -------------")
    print(mod.__doc__)

    print("\n-----------", modname+ ".__dict__: -------------")
    pprint.pprint( mod.__dict__ )

    print("\n-----------", modname+ ".item's __doc__s: -------------")
    dic = mod.__dict__
    items = list(dic.keys())
    items.sort()
    for k in items:
        try:
            doc = dic[k].__doc__
            print("-----", k)
            print(doc)
        except AttributeError:
            pass
    print("==================")

sys.path.insert( 0, '.')
print("module-search-path:")
pprint.pprint( sys.path )

try:
    modname = sys.argv[1]
    docdump( modname )
except IndexError:
    print("use:", sys.argv[0], "module_name")

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