Getting the name of an instance

[Jason Orendorff]

> I'm looking for a function that works like:
> func(p) = 'p'
> (meaning, retrieves the actual name of the variable).
> 
> The best I could come up with is:
> def func(p):
>     return globals().keys()[globals().values().index(p)]
> 
> Surely there's a simpler way, something like the __name__
> method in module objects.

Nope.  Variables have names, but most values don't have names
in Python.

Anyway, what would func(13) return?

## Jason Orendorff    http://www.jorendorff.com/