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# Module: `utils.generics`

Generic functions for extending IPython.

See http://pypi.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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