Getting class name

[mackstann]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 09:26:47PM +0200, Irmen de Jong wrote:
> Or if you're using Python 2.3+ :
> 
> >>> import inspect
> >>> def foo():
> ...   return inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe())[2]
> ...
> >>> foo()
> 'foo'
> >>>

The following works for me in python 2.2:

>>> import traceback
>>> def foo():
...   return traceback.extract_stack()[-1][2]
... 
>>> foo()
'foo'

Also, doing len() on traceback.extract_stack() can give you an idea of
what "depth" you're at (of nested function calls).

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