*binarystar* wrote: > Hello there, > > what method would you use to return the name of the class and/or > instance introspectively eg. > > class Bollocks: > > def __init__( self ): > > print self.__method_that_returns_class_name__() > print self.__method_that_returns_instance_name__() > > > instance_of_bollocks = Bollocks() > > # Which outputs > > 'Bollocks' > 'instance_of_bollocks' >
self.__class__ is good for getting instance's top class yet Python is weak on introspecting the namespace of its definitions - funcs and classes. it stops at sys._getframe().f_code.co_name thus, e.g. for things like super() you need always to re-type the class name where you just write in!? maybe Py3K brings more ? Maybe There could be compiler-variables like __CLASS__ , __FUNC__ for things like super(), recursion etc. (compare http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/491265 ) -robert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
