Get name of class without instance

[Bryan]

On Jun 24, 9:25 am, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
> > Given a class:
>
> > class Foo(object):
> >     pass
>
> > How can I get the name "Foo" without having an instance of the class?
>
> > str(Foo) gives me more than just the name Foo.   "__main__.Account"
> > Foo.__class__.__name__ gives me "type"
>
> > I don't want to do:
> > Foo().__class__.__name__ if possible.  I would rather avoid the
> > constructor.  I just want to get a string "Foo"
>
> You are going to kick yourself:
>
> class Foo (object): pass
>
> print Foo.__name__
>
> TJG

Whoops.

How come dir(Foo) does not show __name__?  That is how I was
investigating the possibilities.