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Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it

References <c9548d77-ccc3-4b47-b84b-9a9f0c2852ce@googlegroups.com> <roy-F99DCA.22112825122012@news.panix.com> <9ca1c0f1-fd79-4525-a571-64f1efb2eefa@googlegroups.com>
Date 2012-12-27 18:48 +1100
Subject Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.1329.1356594507.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Abhas Bhattacharya
<abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> wrote:
> During run-time, I can always use: function_name.__name__ (although that's kind of lame because it returns "function_name"). But if the function itself contains print(__name__) and I call the function, it returns __main__ (yes, __main__ itself, not the string "__main__") (which is the calling function).

That's because __name__ looks for that attribute on the module (aka
"global variable"), not the function. When you run your Python script
as an application, the module is called __main__.

ChrisA

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Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-25 18:00 -0800
  Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-12-25 22:11 -0500
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:26 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 18:48 +1100
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:52 -0800
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:52 -0800
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-27 12:59 +0000
  Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-12-26 20:52 -0800
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 16:44 +1100
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:46 -0800
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 18:52 +1100
          Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:55 -0800
          Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:55 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:46 -0800
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-27 10:58 +0000
          Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-12-27 07:32 -0600
            Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-27 13:34 +0000
          Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-12-27 10:09 -0500
            Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-28 01:07 +0000
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-26 23:45 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-27 03:03 -0500
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 00:26 -0800
          Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-27 04:07 -0500
        Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 00:26 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-12-27 00:58 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-12-28 21:01 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-12-29 12:18 +0200
  Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-12-27 00:26 -0800
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 00:42 -0800
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Abhas Bhattacharya <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 00:42 -0800
  Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-27 13:31 +0000
    Re: Finding the name of a function while defining it alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 17:25 -0800

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