How to find the classname of an object? (was Python Documentation)

[Bengt Richter]

On Thu, 12 May 2005 23:30:21 GMT, Farshid Lashkari <lashkariNO at SPAMworldviz.com> wrote:

>This will get the name of an objects class
>
>obj.__class__.__name__
>
>This will return a tuple of its base classes
>
>obj.__class__.__bases__

But not all base classes that it inherits from, e.g.,

 >>> class C(object): pass
 ...
 >>> class B1(C): pass
 ...
 >>> class B2(C): pass
 ...
 >>> class A(B1, B2): pass
 ...
 >>> obj = A()
 >>> obj.__class__.__name__
 'A'
 >>> obj.__class__.__bases__
 (<class '__main__.B1'>, <class '__main__.B2'>)

 >>> type(obj)
 <class '__main__.A'>
 >>> type(obj).mro()
 [<class '__main__.A'>, <class '__main__.B1'>, <class '__main__.B2'>, <class '__main__.C'>, <type 'object'>]
 >>> tuple(x.__name__ for x in type(obj).mro())
 ('A', 'B1', 'B2', 'C', 'object')



>
>Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>> I actually want all the parent classes too.  So if D derives off C derives
>> off B derives off A, I ultimately want a tuple ('D', 'C', 'B', 'A').
>> 
>> For those of you following the Python Documentation thread, this is a good
>> example of how the PHP manual is "better".  I found how to do this in a few
>> seconds in PHP.  I searched the Python docs for "class name", "classname",
>> "introspection" and "getclass".  I looked in the Class section of the
>> tutorial also and also the Programming FAQ.  The "related functions"
>> section of the PHP manual is really helpful.  It would be cool if in the
>> section for the built-in function isinstance() or issubclass() there is a
>> section for "related functions" that would point me to getclassname(obj)
>> (if it exists).
>> 
>> Thanks for the help.
>> 
>> -- C
>> 

Regards,
Bengt Richter