[Tutor] introspection

[Alex Kleider]

On 2015-04-20 22:21, Danny Yoo wrote:
> What's supposed to happen in this situation?
> 
> 
> ##########################################
> class Person(object):
>     def __init__(self): pass
> 
> j = Person()
> john = j
> jack = j
> ##########################################
> 
> What single name should we get back from the single Person object
> here?  "j", "john", or "jack"?

I was hoping that it would be possible to create a function
that would do the following:

def my_name(some_object):
   return some_object.__name__

so, using what you entered above..
>>> my_name(j)
'j'
>>> my_name(john)
'john'
>>> my_name(jack)
'jack'

But I see what I think you and others have been trying to explain to me: 
that the expression some_object.__name__, if it existed, would indeed be 
schizophrenic since it would be an attribute of the object, not the 
name(s) to which  it is bound.

Thanks all for your replies.
ak