[Zope] how to get info about an object (dir/type)

[gabor]

Andreas Jung wrote:
> 
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> --On 30. Juni 2005 13:48:19 +0200 gabor <gabor at nekomancer.net> wrote:
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>> hi,
>>
>> while working with zope, i many times have the following problem:
>>
>> i find a method that i can use, and the documentation (for example) says:
>> "returns the current user".
>>
>> ok, but what kind of object is it?
>> what methods does it have?
>>
> 
> lib/python/AccessControl/User.py is your friend.
> 

thanks for your help,

but .. it is not about this specific issue (about the current user)..

generally.. if i have a reference to an object.
how do i find out what his methods are?

gabor