Re: Get the name of a function

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From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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On 2011-08-05, gervaz <gervaz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, is there a way to retrive the function name like with
> self.__class__.__name__?

Not really.  There may not be any such thing as "the function name". A
function may have zero names, it may have a dozen names.  It may have
names but only in namespaces that aren't accessible.

This question comes up at least once a month, so look back through the
group for threads about finding an object's name, finding a
parameter's name, etc.

Here's a nice article on introspection, but what it talks about as a
"function name" probably isn't what you're interested in:

  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-pyint/index.html

Here's a stack-overflow question similar to yours:

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1538342/how-can-i-get-the-name-of-an-object-in-python

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Get the name of a function gervaz <gervaz@gmail.com> - 2011-08-05 11:52 -0700
  Re: Get the name of a function Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2011-08-05 13:19 -0700
  Re: Get the name of a function Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-08-05 14:19 -0700
  Re: Get the name of a function Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-05 22:05 +0000

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