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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:25:08 -0600
Subject: Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object?
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Fuzzyman <fuzzyman@gmail.com> wrote:
> __name__ can be a descriptor, so you just need to write a descriptor
> that can be fetched from classes as well as instances.
>
> Here's an example with a property (instance only):
>
>>>> class Foo(object):
> ... =A0 @property
> ... =A0 def __name__(self):
> ... =A0 =A0 return 'bar'
> ...
>>>> Foo().__name__
> 'bar'

But:

>>> Foo.__name__
'Foo'
>>> repr(Foo())
'<__main__.Foo object at 0x00CAFFD0>'
>>> Foo.__dict__['__name__']
<property object at 0x00CBA6F0>

It seems that Foo.__name__ and Foo.__dict__['__name__'] are not the
same thing, and Python itself only uses the former.