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Lee Harr, 03.08.2011 18:02:
> I am trying to get some information about a function
> before (and without) calling it.
>
> Here is what I have so far. I chose to go with a
> regular expression, so now I have 2 problems :o)

Can't you just use runtime introspection? Take a look at the inspect module.

Stefan