Wat
Deep inspection of Python objects
Install / Use
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🙀 WAT
<div align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/igrek51/wat">GitHub</a> - <a href="https://pypi.org/project/wat">PyPI</a> - <a href="https://igrek51.github.io/wat">Documentation</a> </div>Deep inspection of Python objects.
WAT is a powerful inspection tool designed to help you explore unknown objects and examine them at runtime.
"Wat" is a variant of the English word "what" that is often used to express confusion or disgust
If you ever find yourself in a Python console, feeling lost and confused,
and wondering "WAT? What is this thing?",
that's where wat inspector comes in handy.
Launch the Python Interpreter and execute wat / object on any object
to investigate its
type, formatted value, variables, methods, parent types, signature,
documentation, and its source code.
This makes it particularly useful for debugging or understanding intricate data structures in Python,
providing a straightforward way to answer "what" exactly an object represents.

Alternatively, use wat(object) syntax for the same in-depth inspection.
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Insta-Load
If you want to quickly debug something, you can use this inspector without installing anything, in the same session.
Load it on the fly by pasting this snippet to your Python interpreter:
import base64, zlib
code = b'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exec(zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(code)).decode(), globals())
Now you can use wat object.
[!Warning] Before executing Insta-Load snippet, it's recommended to verify what you're about to run. You can either:
- Verify what's inside the extracted code beforehand:
print(zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(code)).decode())- Paste the content of inspection.py into your interpreter. It has the same effect.
- Install package with pip and review the code.
Install with pip
Alternatively, install wat package and import inspection tool from wat module:
pip install wat
import wat
This package has no external dependencies.
Fun Fact: Load from Unicode Glyph
You can load WAT from a single Unicode glyph.
import zlib; exec(zlib.decompress(bytes(ord(c)&255 for c in '🙀󠅸󠆜󠇕󠅜󠇫󠅮󠇛󠅆󠄖ⷾ󠆟󠆧󠄠󠆼󠄿󠅈󠄦󠆪󠆚󠆴󠅻󠄁󠇜󠄲󠄋󠄧󠅕󠅷󠆃󠅵󠇣󠇂󠅶󠅛󠄔󠆶󠅁󠇐󠇢󠇈󠅦󠅍󠆑󠅚󠆒󠆊󠇣󠄕󠄄ⷴ󠄡ⷶ󠄙ⷺ󠅠󠅽󠆒󠄽󠆗󠆹󠆓󠆔󠆕󠆦󠇀󠇮󠄆󠆰󠅄󠇎󠇌ⷹ󠇦󠇌󠆙󠄳󠇧󠄲󠄳󠅊󠆱󠅜󠇕󠅍󠄗󠄔󠅕󠆻󠄒ⷳ󠇮󠅉󠇁󠆯󠅵󠆫󠆞󠄚󠆡󠆞󠇚󠆇ⷶ󠇉󠆼󠇌󠇚󠄶󠅸󠇃󠆍󠅟󠇗󠇕󠆢󠆸󠄹󠅼󠄒󠇀󠆿󠅜󠄬󠆂󠄴󠄭󠆪󠆢󠅋󠇓󠆨󠄕󠇥󠅢󠄒󠆴󠆷󠅀󠄵󠄉ⷲ󠅵󠆕󠆋󠅦󠄒󠅔󠅵󠅞󠇏󠇛󠅉󠅐󠇖󠇕󠇍󠄤󠆘󠇗󠆹󠆀󠇏󠆬󠄬󠆱󠅮󠇕󠄔󠇯󠆲󠅎󠇄󠆌󠆅󠄐󠅢󠅊󠄈󠄉󠅽󠆺󠄕󠆌󠆙ⷰ󠆗󠅛󠇅󠇝󠄤ⷼ󠇥󠅖󠅡󠇏󠄉󠅾󠆸󠇅󠇈󠅊󠆂󠄟󠅞󠄱ⷱ󠆖ⷰ󠆗󠅛󠄥󠇙󠅍󠇤󠆷󠄫󠆕󠆣󠆮󠅫󠆊󠇫󠅵󠄧󠅆󠄅󠅓󠅥󠅋󠄘ⷻ󠆻󠆬󠅜󠇃󠅗ⷷ󠆰󠆒󠆂󠇈󠆮󠅋󠅡󠇄󠄥󠆱󠅁󠆌󠇅󠅍󠆕󠅵󠇫󠄆󠇫󠇪󠆹󠄯󠄢󠇄󠅊ⷰ󠇃󠄭󠄦ⷰ󠆄󠄾󠇝󠄊󠇬󠄮󠇁󠆏ⷾ󠅠󠆱󠅄󠄽󠇬󠄭󠅯󠅟󠄖󠇮󠄄󠄪󠇞󠄓ⷽ󠇤󠄁󠇗ⷳ󠄄ⷾ󠆞󠆠󠆔󠆤󠄊󠆦󠆋󠆺󠅙󠅦󠅝󠅔󠅟󠄴󠄉󠆞󠅊󠄵󠅊󠆾󠇎󠇊󠅖󠅋󠅇󠆽󠇉󠆹󠆖󠅯󠄴󠆽ⷲ󠆙󠇦󠅔󠄽ⷳ󠅄󠇊󠆷󠇕ⷺ󠆺󠄬󠇦󠇪󠄍󠆪ⷸ󠅑󠇊󠅵󠅎󠄪󠆝󠄸󠄊󠄞󠅙󠅪󠆨󠄹󠇠󠆯󠆠󠅮󠄐󠅂󠅳󠅢󠇫󠄸󠅩󠆚󠅮󠆠󠆕󠇌󠆔󠇘ⷺ󠆥󠅋󠆕󠄸󠆫󠆺󠆓󠆬󠇆󠇄󠅘󠆽󠇮󠅖󠇫󠄮󠄩󠆋󠆶󠆋󠇒󠆇󠅂󠆔󠅹󠆪󠇤󠅕󠄖󠆕󠅨󠅙󠅜󠇌󠅾󠇌󠄤󠇅󠄂󠆗󠇬󠆴󠇭󠅲󠄠󠆞󠄖󠅭󠇖󠅵󠄏󠆑󠆥󠄿󠆝󠅨󠆖󠅅󠆕󠆕󠇩󠅽󠆑󠅷󠆷󠅉󠇝󠅎󠅯󠅄󠆗󠇪󠇒󠆶ⷸ󠆗󠆈󠅢󠅘󠄝󠇥󠅺󠅙󠆙󠆕󠇄󠆌󠅌󠆡󠅳󠇑󠅴󠇑󠅳󠆘󠆟󠇮󠆡󠄔󠇓󠅗󠅇󠆧󠇁󠆳󠄠ⷼⷵ󠇟󠄿󠆇󠇁󠅓󠄏󠄚󠄪󠅎󠅧󠅧󠆳ⷳ󠇘󠄇󠇉󠅖󠄫󠅑󠇥󠇑󠆇󠄢󠄴󠄂󠄔󠆩󠄊󠇂󠇋󠄪󠆜ⷾ󠅔󠄗󠅕󠇄󠅰󠄱󠅩󠇑󠆣󠇂󠄹󠅔󠇂󠇡󠅷󠆹󠇎󠆍󠅘󠆈󠄾󠅘󠄴ⷵ󠄲󠅈󠅯󠅄󠄥󠄚󠆘󠆎󠆔󠄛󠄁󠇪󠆢󠆎󠆘󠆉󠆶󠅫󠅒󠅞󠅥󠅒󠅡ⷹ󠆍󠆻󠆢ⷹ󠄿󠅯󠇖󠅂󠄱󠆼󠅒󠆍ⷱ󠄑󠇛󠇨󠄩󠄲󠅵󠅁󠆒󠄠󠄪󠇕󠆢󠄾󠆸󠄵󠄩󠅔󠄕󠆫󠄔󠆦󠆣󠅮󠄢󠇝󠅹󠇜󠇣󠄻󠇜󠆰󠄸󠇏󠅏󠆏󠇞󠆜󠅯󠆩󠇑󠇡󠆆󠆄󠆷󠄍󠄶󠆚󠅮󠄛󠄒󠆝󠄀󠇍󠅿󠄄󠄁󠅈󠇆󠇩󠅇󠆩󠆐󠅷󠆛󠄌󠅫ⷾ󠄾󠄻ⷺ󠅪󠆻󠄱󠆣󠇚󠇊ⷺ󠅐󠇋󠆓󠆌󠆓󠄒󠄧󠆾󠅄ⷴ󠆁󠄂󠅡󠅹󠄍ⷶ󠆅󠅭󠅜󠄖󠆱󠅄󠇂󠆮󠆲󠅆󠅔󠅝󠆛󠆄󠆓󠅀󠄪󠅋󠆊󠅚󠇎󠇅󠇔󠆰󠆵󠄺󠇑󠆳󠄢󠇉󠄞󠆑󠆍󠅪󠆥󠄻󠆗󠄅󠆲󠅯󠇔󠄱󠅩󠅎󠄣󠇨󠄔󠇖󠅟󠇃󠇪󠄑󠆦󠅩󠄩󠆪󠄴󠄅󠆦󠇞󠇖󠆕󠆈󠇭󠅅󠇙�
