python introspection not showing functions for Lock
Question: When I try to use introspection to look at what methods are available on
threading.Lock I don't see what I would expect.

Specifically I don't see acquire, release or locked. Why is this?

Here's what I do see:

    
    
    >>> dir (threading.Lock)
    ['__call__', '__class__', '__cmp__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__name__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__self__', '__setattr__', '__str__']
    


Answer: You're doing it wrong. `threading.Lock` is not an object.

    
    
    >>> import threading
    >>> threading.Lock
    <built-in function allocate_lock>
    >>> type(threading.Lock)
    <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
    >>> x=threading.Lock()
    >>> type(x)
    <type 'thread.lock'>
    >>> dir(x)
    ['__enter__', '__exit__', 'acquire', 'acquire_lock', 'locked', 'locked_lock', 'release', 'release_lock']
    >>>
    

