<s>[INST] How do I look inside a Python object? I'm starting to code in various projects using Python (including Django web development and Panda3D game development). 
To help me understand what's going on, I would like to basically 'look' inside the Python objects to see how they tick - like their methods and properties. 
So say I have a Python object, what would I need to print out its contents? Is that even possible?
 [/INST] Python has a strong set of introspection features. 
Take a look at the following built-in functions:

type()
dir()
id()
getattr()
hasattr()
globals()
locals()
callable()

type() and dir() are particularly useful for inspecting the type of an object and its set of attributes, respectively.
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