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POhow to get function's name from within the function (or kind of "self" reference to the function)?
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copied!<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/251464/how-to-get-the-function-name-as-string-in-python/255297#255297">This answer</a> shows that there is a built-in <code>__name__</code> attribute of a function which can be used from <strong>outside</strong> the function, i.e. <code>print f.__name__</code>. However, how can I get this attribute from <strong>within</strong> the function itself?</p> <p>Just using unqualified <code>__name__</code> does not help: <code>print __name__</code> prints <code>__main__</code>.</p> <p>Using <code>print f.__name__</code> from within <code>f()</code> looks stupid - I can type <code>"f"</code> just as well.</p> <p>Alternatively, is there a kind of <code>self</code> object for functions, i.e. can I get a pointer to the function that is executing in a common way?</p> <p>I don't like the method proposed in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/245304/how-do-i-get-the-name-of-a-function-or-method-from-within-a-python-function-or-me">this question</a> - it feels that hacking the stack for such simple task is not the proper way. </p> <p><strong>Motivation</strong>: I have a dictionary of <code>{keyword:function}</code>, the keywords are read from the input and an appropriate function is executed. I want each function to be executed only once, so I want each function to register itself in some data structure when executed. I know I can do it in the dictionary itself, but I thought of using a separate data structure for this.</p> <p>Python version is 2.6.4 BTW</p>

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