[IPython-User] Question about object introspection

[klo uo]

I'll try to explain through example:

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In [1]: from lxml import etree

In [2]: tree = etree.fromstring('<foo><bar></bar></foo>')
In [3]: xp = tree.xpath('/foo/bar')
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Now "xp" is a list of objects, in above example list of just one object:

[<Element bar at 0x1aa4aa8>]

So if I want to access variable "xp", I must access list item, and IPython
treats it as a list without exposing underlying object.

As in:

In [4]: xp[0].<tab>

it won't let me inspect the object, while if I type:

In [5]: xp0 = xp[0]
In [6]: xp0.<tab>

Now it exposes the object, and shows me available options/functions.

Why is it like this?

I guess I miss something and there must be some issue with it if it's made
like this, but I can't think of it
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