Andreas: You're right, that is kind of messy and somewhat limited. In the present case, however, it is the function's defined name that I want, so this would work okay.
I'm guessing that there is a way to determine the number and names of the arguments to the function as well. I'll go look at the sys module and see what I can find. Regards, Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541-302-1107 ________________________ We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. -Quarry worker's creed > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Kostyrka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:05 PM > To: Carroll, Barry > Cc: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Accessing the name of a Function > > * Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061212 23:54]: > > Greetings: > > > > > > > > Is it possible, from inside a stand-alone function (not a member of a > > class), to access the string representation of the function's name? > If > > so, how? > Probably, but it's dirty like help (sys._getframe would be your ticket > into this), but you ask on the tutor mailing list, so you'll probably > don't want this: > > def func(x): > return 2 * x > > gunc = func > del func > > print gunc(10) > > The best you can hope to derive is "func" here, but as you can see, > functions are only objects that can be assigned freely. > > (Spoiler: it's sys._getframe(0).f_code.co_name, but it will always > only know the name the function was defined under. No way to know how > it was named when it was called. So it's not worth much.) > > Andreas > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Barry > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 541-302-1107 > > > > ________________________ > > > > We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. > > > > --Quarry worker's creed > > > > > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
