def filter_builtins(module):
    """ Filter out the builtin functions, methods from module """

    # Default builtin list    
    built_in_list = ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__']
    
    # Append anything we "know" is "special"
    # Allows your libraries to have methods you will not try to exec.
    built_in_list.append('special_remove')

    # get the list of methods/functions from the module
    module_methods = dir(module) # Dir allows us to get back ALL methods on the module.

    for b in built_in_list:
        if b in module_methods:
            module_methods.remove(b)

    print module_methods
    return module_methods
 Filter out the builtin functions, methods from module 
recipes/Python/436873_Import_ModulesDiscover_methods_directory/recipe-436873.py