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How to get the function name as string in Python?

I know that I can do that :

def func_name():
    print func_name.__name__

which will return the name of the function as ‘my_func’.

But as I am into the function, is there a way to directly call it generically ?
Something like :

def func_name():
    print self.__name__

In which Python would understand that I want the upper part of my code hierarchy?

Answer 1

AFAIK, there isn’t. Besides, even your first method is not totally reliable, since a function object can have multiple names:

In [8]: def f(): pass
   ...: 

In [9]: g = f

In [10]: f.__name__
Out[10]: 'f'

In [11]: g.__name__
Out[11]: 'f'