diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py
index 5e716e63..b5250110 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py
@@ -2,20 +2,40 @@
 Imitate the parser representation.
 """
 import inspect
+import re
 
-from jedi._compatibility import builtins
+from jedi._compatibility import builtins as _builtins, is_py3k
+from jedi import debug
 from jedi.cache import underscore_memoization
 
 
+# TODO
+# unbound methods such as pyqtSignals have no __name__
+# if not hasattr(func, "__name__"):
+
 class PyObject(object):
     def __init__(self, obj, parent=None, instantiated=False):
         self.obj = obj
         self.parent = parent
         self.instantiated = instantiated
+        self.doc = inspect.getdoc(obj)
+
+    @underscore_memoization
+    def _parse_function_doc(self):
+        if self.doc is None:
+            return '', ''
+
+        return _parse_function_doc(self.doc)
 
     def get_defined_names(self):
-        for name in dir(self.obj):
-            yield PyName(self, name)
+        # We don't want to execute properties, therefore we have to try to get
+        # the class
+        cls = self
+        if not (inspect.isclass(cls) or inspect.ismodule(cls)):
+            cls = PyObject(self.obj.__class__, self.parent)
+
+        for name in dir(cls):
+            yield PyName(cls, name)
 
     def isinstance(self, *obj):
         return isinstance(self, obj)
@@ -30,6 +50,8 @@ class PyObject(object):
             return [PyObject(self.obj, self.parent, True)]
         elif inspect.isbuiltin(self.obj) or inspect.ismethod(self.obj) \
                 or inspect.ismethoddescriptor(self.obj):
+
+            self.doc
             return []
         else:
             return []
@@ -48,15 +70,93 @@ class PyName(object):
     def parent(self):
         try:
             # this has a builtin_function_or_method
-            o = getattr(self._obj.obj, self._name)
+            return PyObject(getattr(self._obj.obj, self._name), self._obj)
         except AttributeError:
             # happens e.g. in properties of
             # PyQt4.QtGui.QStyleOptionComboBox.currentText
             # -> just set it to None
-            return PyObject(obj, py_builtin)
-        return PyObject(o, self._obj)
+            return PyObject(None, builtin)
 
     def get_code(self):
         return self._name
 
-py_builtin = PyObject(builtins)
+
+docstr_defaults = {
+    'floating point number': 'float',
+    'character': 'str',
+    'integer': 'int',
+    'dictionary': 'dict',
+}
+
+if is_py3k:
+    #docstr_defaults['file object'] = 'import io; return io.TextIOWrapper()'
+    pass  # TODO reenable
+else:
+    docstr_defaults['file object'] = file
+
+
+def _parse_function_doc(doc):
+    """
+    Takes a function and returns the params and return value as a tuple.
+    This is nothing more than a docstring parser.
+
+    TODO docstrings like utime(path, (atime, mtime)) and a(b [, b]) -> None
+    TODO docstrings like 'tuple of integers'
+    """
+
+    # parse round parentheses: def func(a, (b,c))
+    try:
+        count = 0
+        start = doc.index('(')
+        for i, s in enumerate(doc[start:]):
+            if s == '(':
+                count += 1
+            elif s == ')':
+                count -= 1
+            if count == 0:
+                end = start + i
+                break
+        param_str = doc[start + 1:end]
+    except (ValueError, UnboundLocalError):
+        # ValueError for doc.index
+        # UnboundLocalError for undefined end in last line
+        debug.dbg('no brackets found - no param')
+        end = 0
+        param_str = ''
+    else:
+        # remove square brackets, that show an optional param ( = None)
+        def change_options(m):
+            args = m.group(1).split(',')
+            for i, a in enumerate(args):
+                if a and '=' not in a:
+                    args[i] += '=None'
+            return ','.join(args)
+
+        while True:
+            param_str, changes = re.subn(r' ?\[([^\[\]]+)\]',
+                                         change_options, param_str)
+            if changes == 0:
+                break
+    param_str = param_str.replace('-', '_')  # see: isinstance.__doc__
+
+    # parse return value
+    r = re.search('-[>-]* ', doc[end:end + 7])
+    if r is None:
+        ret = ''
+    else:
+        index = end + r.end()
+        # get result type, which can contain newlines
+        pattern = re.compile(r'(,\n|[^\n-])+')
+        ret_str = pattern.match(doc, index).group(0).strip()
+        # New object -> object()
+        ret_str = re.sub(r'[nN]ew (.*)', r'\1()', ret_str)
+
+        ret = docstr_defaults.get(ret_str, ret_str)
+        if ret == ret_str and ret not in ['None', 'object', 'tuple', 'set']:
+            debug.dbg('not working', ret_str)
+
+        ret = ('return ' if 'return' not in ret else '') + ret
+    return param_str, ret
+
+
+builtin = PyObject(_builtins)