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On Thursday, 27 December 2012 13:56:24 UTC+5:30, Chris Rebert  wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2012 6:06 PM, "Abhas Bhattacharya" <abhasbhat...@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>=20
> >
>=20
> > While I am defining a function, how can I access the name (separately a=
s string as well as object) of the function without explicitly naming it(ha=
rd-coding the name)?
>=20
> > For eg. I am writing like:
>=20
> > def abc():
>=20
> > =A0 =A0 #how do i access the function abc here without hard-coding the =
name?
>=20
> Not possible per se without resorting to sys._getframe() or similar hacke=
ry.
>=20
> A simple+elegant way to do this would require PEP 3130 (http://www.python=
.org/dev/peps/pep-3130/ ) or similar, but that particular proposal got reje=
cted.

Thanks for telling that. I thought that there is a direct way, and now you =
have confirmed that there isn't. So, as I can see, Mitya's code can be a pe=
rfect way-around, although it will require another function.