class object access in class definition?

[Lars Damerow]

Hi folks!

Is it possible to reference a class from within its own definition? Something
along the lines of:

class Foo:
    print Foo

This works for functions--that is,

>>> def foo():
...     print foo
...
>>> foo()
<function foo at 0x8111024>

works as expected, but the class definition above raises a NameError:

>>> class Foo:
...     print Foo
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in Foo
NameError: There is no variable named 'Foo'

Thanks for any pointers!
-lars

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lars damerow
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pixar animation studios
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