Tim Johnson wrote: > I was pleasantly surprised to notice in a previous thread that python > can automagically retrieve a class name thru __class__.__name__ > 1)Can someone point me to further documentation on this topic?
__name__ and __module__ at least are documented here: http://docs.python.org/ref/types.html#l2h-118 You can also try dir(type) to see attributes of type 'type', the base class of all new-style classes, or dir(A) for any class A to see attributes of the class. Many of the special attributes (__xxx__) are referenced in the index to the Python Reference Manual. http://docs.python.org/ref/genindex.html > 2)Is it possible for the name of a class method to be > programmatically retrieved from within the scope of the method? > If so, how? and pointers to docs would be welcome also. You can look at the stack frame to find out what method you are in. See for example http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66062 Kent > > thanks _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
