How to refer to the function object itself in the function per se?

[James Stroud]

Sullivan WxPyQtKinter wrote:
If I would like to refer to the function object in order
> to call it recursively, what shall I do then?

I think the question is too simple. You can just refer to the function 
by its name. Here is an example:


py> def f(start, end):
...   if start >= end:
...     print 'start is end:', start
...   else:
...     print "start increasing to:", start
...     f(start+1, end)
...   print 'leaving f() where start is', start
...
py> f(1,10)
start increasing to: 1
start increasing to: 2
start increasing to: 3
start increasing to: 4
start increasing to: 5
start increasing to: 6
start increasing to: 7
start increasing to: 8
start increasing to: 9
start is end: 10
leaving f() where start is 10
leaving f() where start is 9
leaving f() where start is 8
leaving f() where start is 7
leaving f() where start is 6
leaving f() where start is 5
leaving f() where start is 4
leaving f() where start is 3
leaving f() where start is 2
leaving f() where start is 1

James

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