[Tutor] Printing the code of a function

[Michiel Overtoom]

wormwood_3 wrote:

 > I am wondering if there is a way to
 > print out the code of a defined function.

When Python compiles source code, it doesn't store the source code 
itself; only the compiled intermediate code. With the 'dis' package you 
can disassemble that:

def foo():
     print "Show me the money."

import dis
dis.dis(foo)

 >>>
   2           0 LOAD_CONST               1 ('Show me the money.')
               3 PRINT_ITEM
               4 PRINT_NEWLINE
               5 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
               8 RETURN_VALUE
 >>>


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