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# Module: `utils.generics`

Generic functions for extending IPython.

See http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplegeneric.

## 2 Functions

`IPython.utils.generics.` `inspect_object`(*args, **kw)

  Called when you do obj?

`IPython.utils.generics.` `complete_object`(*args, **kw)

  Custom completer dispatching for python objects.

  Parameters: | obj : object The object to complete. prev_completions : list List of attributes discovered so far. This should return the list of attributes in obj. If you only wish to : add to the attributes already discovered normally, return : own_attrs + prev_completions. :

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