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On Thursday, 27 December 2012 13:18:19 UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico  wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Abhas Bhattacharya
>=20
> <abhasbhattacharya2@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > During run-time, I can always use: function_name.__name__ (although tha=
t's kind of lame because it returns "function_name"). But if the function i=
tself contains print(__name__) and I call the function, it returns __main__=
 (yes, __main__ itself, not the string "__main__") (which is the calling fu=
nction).
>=20
>=20
>=20
> That's because __name__ looks for that attribute on the module (aka
>=20
> "global variable"), not the function. When you run your Python script
>=20
> as an application, the module is called __main__.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> ChrisA

Ok, that sheds some light on why it acts like that, but how can i use it th=
e way I want (which i already told)?