[Tutor] introspection

[Alex Kleider]

On 2015-04-21 16:48, Cameron Simpson wrote:

> But it would not be schizophrenic to write a function that returned a
> name arbitrarily, by inspecting locals(). It depends whether you only
> need a name, or if you need "the" name.

In my use case there'd probably be only one name for the given object so
I believe you've given me my next exercise!

> 
> Write yourself a "find_name_from_locals(local_map, value)" function
> that reports. That will (a) get you a partial answer and (b) cement in
> your mind what is possible and why. Easy and useful!

I'll get working on that!


> 
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
> 
> Technique will get you through times of no strength a lot better than
> strength will get you through times of no technique.    - the 
> Nealomatic
Wonderful quote by the way!