function name

[Emile van Sebille]

On 4/28/2010 11:44 AM Richard Lamboj said...
>
> Hello,
>
> is there any way to get the name from the actual called function, so that the
> function knows its own name?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Richi
ActivePython 2.6.1.1 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Dec  5 2008, 13:58:38) [MSC v.1500 32 bit 
(Intel)] on
win32
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 >>> def test():pass
...
 >>> dir(test)
['__call__', '__class__', '__closure__', '__code__', '__defaults__', 
'__delattr_
_', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__get__', '__getattribute__', 
'__globa
ls__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__name__', '__new__', 
'__reduce__'
, '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', 
'__subcla
sshook__', 'func_closure', 'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict', 
'func_doc'
, 'func_globals', 'func_name']
 >>> test.func_name
'test'
 >>>


Emile