Method to give name of class instance?

[Ben Hutchings]

timothyr at timothyr.com (Timothy L. Robertson) writes:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I've been enjoying learning Python very much, but have hit a little
> snag.  I want a way to find out the name of a class instance from a
> method.  eg.
> 
> >>>classinstance=MyClass()
> >>>classinstance.myname()
> 'classinstance'
> 
> Is there a way to do this?

No, instances don't have names because they may have any number
of names bound to them, even none at all.

Example 1:

    a = MyClass()
    b = a

Here, both a and b refer to the same instance.

Example 2:

    a = [MyClass()]

Here, no name refers to the instance.

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