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(python2.1-lib.info)Completer Objects

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Completer Objects
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Completer objects have the following method:

`complete(text, state)'
     Return the STATEth completion for TEXT.

     If called for TEXT that doesn't include a period character (`.'),
     it will complete from names currently defined in `__main__',
     `__builtin__' and keywords (as defined by the `keyword' module).

     If called for a dotted name, it will try to evaluate anything
     without obvious side-effects (i.e., functions will not be
     evaluated, but it can generate calls to `__getattr__()') upto the
     last part, and find matches for the rest via the `dir()' function.