Method _inspect

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py:1872–1904

Generic interface to the inspector system. This function is meant to be called by pdef, pdoc & friends.

(self, meth, oname: str, namespaces=None, **kw)

        return self._ofind(oname, namespaces)

    def _inspect(self, meth, oname: str, namespaces=None, **kw):
        """Generic interface to the inspector system.

        This function is meant to be called by pdef, pdoc & friends.
        """
        info: OInfo = self._object_find(oname, namespaces)
        if self.sphinxify_docstring:
            if sphinxify is None:
                raise ImportError("Module ``docrepr`` required but missing")
            docformat = sphinxify(self.object_inspect(oname))
        else:
            docformat = None
        if info.found or hasattr(info.parent, oinspect.HOOK_NAME):
            pmethod = getattr(self.inspector, meth)
            # TODO: only apply format_screen to the plain/text repr of the mime
            # bundle.
            formatter = format_screen if info.ismagic else docformat
            if meth == 'pdoc':
                pmethod(info.obj, oname, formatter)
            elif meth == 'pinfo':
                pmethod(
                    info.obj,
                    oname,
                    formatter,
                    info,
                    enable_html_pager=self.enable_html_pager,
                    **kw,
                )
            else:
                pmethod(info.obj, oname)
        else:
            print('Object `%s` not found.' % oname)
            return 'not found'  # so callers can take other action

    def object_inspect(self, oname, detail_level=0):
        """Get object info about oname"""