inspect — Easy Examples

Inspect live objects: source code, signatures, class hierarchies

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Getting started with inspect

Basic import and usage of the inspect module.

python
import inspect

class Example:
    def method(self, x: int, y: str = "hello") -> bool:
        """An example method."""
        return True

sig = inspect.signature(Example.method)
print(f"Signature: {sig}")
for name, param in sig.parameters.items():
    print(f"  {name}: {param.kind.name}, default={param.default}")

The inspect module is part of Python's standard library. Inspect live objects: source code, signatures, class hierarchies.

Common inspect operations

Frequently used functions from the inspect module.

python
# More inspect examples
import inspect

print(f"inspect module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {inspect.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(inspect))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the inspect module.

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