dir() docs show incorrect output

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on the web at http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html

under "6.3 The dir() Function",
the following text reports incorrectly what the dir()
call would return:

  >>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  >>> import fibo, sys
  >>> fib = fibo.fib
  >>> dir()
  ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__',
'fib', 'fib2']

it should have 'a' and 'fibo',
but not 'fib2'.

[quiver]

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A minor nit.

it should have 'a' and 'fibo',
'sys' is also missing from the list.

>>> dir()
['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'a', 'fib', 'fibo', '
sys']

[mwhudson]

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Fixed in rev 1.270 of Doc/tut.tex.

Thanks for the report!

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-['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'fib', 'fib2']
+['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'a', 'fib']

So, where is 'fibo'?