__name__

[Joshua Macy]

JB wrote:
> 
> Could anyone tell me how to get a classes name:
> 
> class MyClass:
>    def className( self ):
>        return self.__name__
> 
> This doesn't fly. The docs say a class has the __name__ attribute but...
> 

Class has a __name__ attribute, but in your example, self is an
instantiated object
of type MyClass, not a class.  To get the __name__ attribute you either
have to refer to it directly
(Class.__name__), or indirectly via the __class__ attribute of the
object (object.__class__.__name__)
E.g.

>>> class MyClass:
... 	def __init__(self):
... 		print self.__class__.__name__
... 
>>> m = MyClass()
MyClass
>>> print MyClass.__name__
MyClass
>>> print m.__class__.__name__
MyClass


  Joshua